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Ellis West

Past Producer in Seminole county in Oklahoma, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022050
MRDS ID DE01863
Record type Site
Current site name Ellis West
Alternate or previous names Jack Ellis

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.64835, 35.39121 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 7 MI S. OF PRAGUE ON STATE HWY 99, THEN 1.00 MI E. ON COUNTY ROAD. WALK ABOUT 0.25 MI E. ALONG N. SIDE OF BLUFF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Seminole(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prague(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shawnee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Oklahoma City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower North Canadian(hydrologic unit)

Lower North Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Seminole

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 011N 006E 35 NW OF NE OF NW Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Ada Group
    Rock description Ada Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.64835, 35.39121
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Low Monoclinal Dip Westward, About 0.5w.

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form CHANNEL
    Strike N-S
    Dip 0.5W.
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BED IS COVERED WITH ALLUVIUM. PITS WERE DUG IN LOWER PART OF S. BANK OF THE CANADIAN RIVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1933
Discoverer Perry Gravitt Of Nw-Sw-31-012n-007e, Okfuskee County
Year of first production 1933
Year of last production 1933
Production years 1933

Mining district

District name Ellis

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bart Aldrige
    Home office Wewoka, Ok.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.202HA
    Length 121.92M
    Width 3.05M
    Height 0.61M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SMALL PITS WERE DUG IN THE BANK. I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING IN 1973.

Comments on development

  • JACK ELLIS, OF CENTERVIEW, 2.5 MI N. OF BRIDGE OVER CANADIAN RIVER, IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, LIVED ON THE PROPERTY IN 1933 AND FURNISHED THE INFORMATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JACK ELLIS, OF CENTERVIEW, 2.5 MI N. OF BRIDGE OVER CANADIAN RIVER, ALONG STATE HWY. 99, LIVED IN SECTION 35 IN THE 1930'S AND OPERATED A SMALL FILLING STATION ON ROAD TO KEOKUK FALLS, A MILE TO THE NE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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