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Young

Occurrence in Grant 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091724
MRDS ID DE01757
Record type Site
Current site name Young

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.77089, 36.81256 (WGS84)
Relative position GO 2 MI W. OF MEDFORD ON OK HWY 11. GO ABOUT 0.15 MI W. TO ROAD, AND THEN 0.15 MI N. TO GAS WELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wakita SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ponca City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt Fork Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 027N 005W 18 CENTER OF SE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • T.C. WYLIE #1 YOUNG (8-22-1950) EL. 1078 FT; T.D., 5795 FT. CHALCOCITE IN U. WELLINGTON SHALE, AT 280-300 FT DEEP, ABOUT 100 FT BELOW GARBER SANDSTONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIS IS PART OF A STUDY COVERING GRANT CO. AND W. KAY CO., OKLAHOMA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2550 PPM CU AT 280-290 FT
Result 5800 PPM CU AT 290-300 FT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Wellington Formation
    Rock description Wellington Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wellington Formation, Upper Sh
    Rock description Wellington Formation, Upper Sh

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.77089, 36.81256
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sw Dip Less Than 30 Ft/Mi Toward Anadarko Basin

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form TABULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip 30 FT/MI WSW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 85.34M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratabound

Comments on the geologic information

  • COX (1978) GIVES SUBSURFACE. BINGHAM AND BERGMAN (1980) GIVE SURFACE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1978
Discoverer Roy E. Cox

Mining district

District name Medford

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUBSURFACE SAMPLES AT 280-300 FT IN WELL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BINGHAM, R.H., AND BERGMAN, D.L., 1980, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 7

  • Deposit

    COX, R.E., 1978, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 117 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBSURFACE SAMPLES
Deposit WELL WITH CU AT 280-300 FT DEEP, RECORDED BY COX (1978, P. 109). THE COPPER IS IN UPPER WELLINGTON SHALES, ABOUT 100 FT BELOW GARBER. THE CU CONTENT WAS 2550-5800 PPM (CHALCOCITE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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