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Picher Field

Occurrence in Ottawa county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026251
MRDS ID K002902
Record type Site
Current site name Picher Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.83357, 36.9834 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ottawa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picher(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Neosho(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tulsa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake O' The Cherokees(hydrologic unit)

Neosho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neosho-Verdigris(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Ottawa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMERCIAL DEPOSITS EXHAUSTED (ZINC RECOVERED FROM DEPOSIT IN 1948-1953; COPPER-SILVER RECOVERED 1883-1953); A FEW MILLION TONS OF PYRITE REMAINING CONTAINS A LOW PERCENTAGE OF ZINC THAT CAN BE RECOVERED WHEN CONDITIONS FEASIBLE FOR MINING OF PYRITE. (MCKNIGHT, 1960?, UNPUBLISHED DATA.)
  • ONE OF THE MAJOR ZINC AND LEAD DISTRICTS OF THE WORLD, BUT IS NOW APPROACHING EXHAUSTION. THIS, THE LATEST DISCOVERED SUBDISTRICT IN THE GREAT TRI-STATE DISTRICT, WAS DISCOVERED EARLY IN THE PRESENT CENTURY, BEGAN PRODUCING IN 1904, REACHED ITS PEAK 1917-1930, AND HAS GRADUALLY DECLINED WITH PROGRESSIVE DEPLETION SINCE THEN, THOUGH THE DETAILS OF PRODUCTION HAVE FOLLOWED ECONOMIC CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY. THERE WAS A SAG IN PRODUCTION IN THE EARLY 1930'S, FOLLOWED BY A RESURGENCE IN THE LATE 1930'S AND 1940'S, THROUGH 1947. IN SPITE OF WORLD WAR II STIMULATION, THE RESURGENCE PEAK WAS REACHED IN 1941 AND PRODUCTION DECLINED PROGRESSIVELY TO 1947, LEVELED OFF THROUGH 1952, AFTER WHICH IT DROPPED PRECIPITATELY. THE 1957 PRODUCTION, THOUGH STILL RANKING HIGH AMONG ZINC-LEAD DISTRICTS, IS THE LOWEST SINCE 1915. (MCKNIGHT, 1960?, UNPUBLISHED DATA.)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.83357, 36.9834
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CIRCULAR AND THIN SHEETS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREAT REPLACEMENT PIPE IN PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST, IMMEDIATELY BORDERING STOCK OF PRECAMBRIAN GABBRO. RICHER COPPER ORE SEGREGATED IN LENSES IN THE PIPE. (MCKNIGHT, 1960?, UNPUBLISHED DATA.)
  • TWO MAIN TYPES OF DEPOSITS: (1) REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN BRECCIAS ALONG "RUNS" (LOCALLY CIRCULAR) IN CERTAIN BEDS OF MISSISSIPPIAN CHERT BEARING LIMESTONE; (2) "SHEET GROUND" DEPOSITS, OCCURRING AS THIN SHEETS REPLACING LIMESTONE INTERCALATED BETWEEN NEARLY HORIZONTAL BEDS OF UNBROKEN MISSISSIPPIAN CHERT, IN FORM OF BLANKET VEINS. NO IGNEOUS ROCK. (MCKNIGHT, 1960?, UNPUBLISHED DATA.)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Tri-State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Wedow, Helmuth U.S. Geological Survey

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