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Lela North-2

Past Producer in Pawnee county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Cobalt, Chromium, Molybdenum, Lead, Vanadium, Zirconium
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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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088454
MRDS ID DE01842
Record type Site
Current site name Lela North-2
Alternate or previous names Pawnee Mining and Milling Co. Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -96.69832, 36.32242 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pawnee(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Casey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keystone Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black Bear-Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Pawnee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 022N 003E 24 NE OF SE OF SW OF SE OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • MENTIONED BY BRANSON, BURWELL, AND CHASE (1955, P. 13).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PAWNEE MINING AND MILLING CO. OPERATED A MILL HERE BEFORE 1935.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 62, 32.8% CU
Result 200-666 PPM AG
Result 20-66 PPM MO, V
Result 66-200 PPM PB, ZR
Result LESS THAN 20 PPM CO, CR
Result ALSO 2104 PPM CU BY HEINE, 1975, P. 67, IN SE OF SEC. 24.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Oscar Group
    Rock description Oscar Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wreford Sandstone
    Rock description Wreford Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -96.69832, 36.32242
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form CHANNEL
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE WREFORD IS TRANSITIONAL FROM LIMESTONE TO SANDSTONE IN THIS AREA. GEOLOGY BY GREIG (1959).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer Pawnee Mining And Milling Co. [Frank Hudson, Pres., Pawnee National Bank; Jo O. Ferguson, Editor, Pawnee Chief; R.R. Moss, Chevrolet Dealer; C.M. Weston; C.D. Drake--All Of Pawnee]
Production years 1930'S?

Mining district

District name Lela

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pawnee Mining And Milling Co.
    Home office Pawnee, Ok.

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Period 1935 Or Before
    Material CU
    Description Cp_Grade: ^32% Cu In Concentrate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 32wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROP STRIPPED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings PAWNEE MINING AND MILLING CO. PROSPECT
    Area 0.809HA
    Length 38.1M
    Width 18.29M
    Height 0.46M
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on the workings information

  • PARTS OF AN OLD MILL, WITH SOME CONCENTRATES, ARE PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • R.P. FISC HER (1937, P. 914-915) HAS A DIAGRAM OF AREA, PROBABLY IN NW-NW-NW OF SEC. 24, ALONG CREEK. HE WORKED BETWEEN 1933 AND 1935. THE MILL, WITH CRUSHER, BIN, ELEVATOR, AND FLOTATION UNITS, WAS INTACT IN 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 13).

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, R.P., 1937, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 7, P. 906-951 (P. 914-915) [PROBABLY NW-NW-NW-24].

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 8).

  • Deposit

    GREIG, P.B., 1959, OGS BULLETIN 83, 188 P. (P. 141).

  • Deposit

    TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GM-25 (16 P.) (MAP, LOC. 141).

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 1968, RME-151, 73 P.

  • Deposit

    HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 36, 39, 40, 67) [IN SE SEC. 24].

  • Deposit

    FAY, R.O., MAY 1972, OGS SAMPLE 62; ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER.

  • Deposit

    OAKES, M.C., FEBRUARY 1946, OGS FILE, LETTERS, WITH SHEET 652 (DRILLING PROGRAM).

  • Deposit

    OAKES, M.C., JANUARY 24, 1943, OGS FILE, SHEET 652.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY ABOUT 2 ACRES WERE STRIPPED.
Deposit IN 1946, MALCOLM OAKES, OGS, DRILLED 7 HOLES IN AREA BUT SHOWED NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT IS AT THE SURFACE. OAKES (1943) VISITED AREA WITH R.R. MOSS AND C.M. WESTON, WHO DID PROSPECTING IN AREA.
Deposit FISCHER (1937, P. 914-915) HAD FIRST RECORD, THEN MERRITT (1940, P. 8), THEN OAKES (1943).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-92 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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