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Lela North-1

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 10098091
MRDS ID DE01841
Record type Site
Current site name Lela North-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.92058, 36.37369 (WGS84)
Elevation 279
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3.75 MI N. OF LELA, THEN WALK E. ABOUT 1320 FT TO FIRST RAVINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pawnee(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lela(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)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Pawnee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 022N 004E 19 CENTER OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 ACRES OF SANDSTONE OUTCROP, WITH 2 PITS ABOUT 5 FT DEEP TO N., IN ABOUT LOWER 5 FT OF WREFORD SANDSTONE. 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 HERE BEFORE 1935.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 25.00% CU IN SANDSTONE
Result 666-2000 PPM AG
Result 20-66 PPM CR
Result LESS THAN 20 PPM CO, MO
Result 66-200 PPM PB, V, ZR
Result ALSO 3201 PPM CU IN SHALE BY HEINE, R.R., 1975, P. 68.

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) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late 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

(1) -96.92058, 36.37369
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form CHANNEL
    Thickness 3.05M

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 ABOUT 10 FT THICK AND IS REPRESENTED AS A SANDSTONE. THE LOWER 5 FT HAS MOST OF THE MINERALS. 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 1936
Discoverer Pawnee Mining And Milling Co. Of Pawnee, Oklahoma
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.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mattie Little Eagle (S Mentioned In Rme-151 Report) (- (Mentioned Again By Tott
    Home office Pawnee, Ok.
    Last year 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period Before 1940
    Material CU
    Description Cp_Grade: ^25% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 25wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROP AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.809HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS ABOUT 5 FT DEEP TO N; OUTCROP TO S. FOR ABOUT 500 FT. PROBABLY WORKED BEFORE 1935.

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

    HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 18-19, 36, 39, 40, 68, FIGS. 7, 10).

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT 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. 144).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FAY, R.O., MAY 1972, SAMPLE 64, OGS, ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER.

  • Deposit

    NELSON, PERCY, AND BENNETT, F., 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, OGS FILE, SHEET 205, PAWNEE CO., OKLAHOMA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10 FT OF SANDSTONE WITH 2- TO 10-INCH COPPER ZONE IN UPPER 2 FT.
Deposit AN EARLY MENTION OF THE LELA REGION (SEC. 24-022N-003E) WAS BY R.P. FISCHER (1937, P. 914-915) WHO WORKED FROM 1933 TO 1935 AND SHOWED THE WORKINGS, SHAFTS, ETC. IN SEC. 24. [SEC. 19 IS MENTIONED BY MERRITT (1940, P. 8) WHO GAVE R. 3 W., BUT PROBABLY MEANT R. 4 E.]
Deposit NELSON AND BENNETT (1936) IS FIRST REFERENCE. MERRITT (1940) MENTIONS THIS. OAKES (1943) VISITED SITE WITH R.R. MOSS AND C.M. WESTON, OF PAWNEE, WHO WERE WITH PAWNEE MINING AND MILLING CO., ALONG WITH FRANK HUDSON, PRESIDENT OF PAWNEE NATIONAL BANK, AND JO O. FERGUSON, EDITOR OF PAWNEE CHIEF, AND C.D. DRAKE OF PAWNEE.

Reporter information

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

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