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Wah-Tah-Nah-Zhe

Past Producer 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10273049
MAS/MILS ID 0401150087
Record type Site
Current site name Wah-Tah-Nah-Zhe

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -94.88634, 36.93287 (WGS84)
Elevation 255
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ottawa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miami NW(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 028 N 022 W 01 C C S2 Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gedrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -94.88634, 36.93287
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 380M
    Width 200M
    Area 2HA
    Depth to top 120M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 112
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 780708

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name Tri State

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wah-Tah-Nah-Zhe Trustees
    Interest 60
    Home office Oklahoma
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Sharpensteen
    Interest 40
    Home office Oklahoma
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 2
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOWLER, G.M., AND LYDEN, J.P. 1932, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    TRI-STATE DISTRICT (MISSOURI-KANSAS-OKLAHOMA): A.I.M.E TR.,

  • Deposit

    P. 206-251.

  • Deposit

    WEIDMAN, S., 1932, THE MIAMI-PICHER ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT, OKLA

  • Deposit

    OKLAHOMA GEOL. SURV. BULL. 56, 177P.

  • Deposit

    MCKNIGHT, EDWIN AND FISCHER, RICHARD, 1970, GEOLOGY AND ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE PICHER FIELD OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS: U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 588, 165P.

  • Deposit

    BROCKIE, DOUGLAS, ET.AL., 1968, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    TRI-STATE DISTRICT OF MISSOURI, KANSAS, AND OKLAHOMA IN ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: A.I.M.E P.400-430.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE IS A PART OF THE PICHER FIELD BACK-UP FILE. RECORD 060 SHALE IS NOT A PART OF THE BOONE FORMATION BUT I IMPORTANT TO LOCALIZATION OF ORE BODIES. RECORD 080 COLUMNS 59-62 AND 69-71 STRIKE AND DIP NOT APPLI TO STRATIFORM TYPE ORE BODIES. GRADE AND TONNAGE MATRIX INFORMATION FROM ALL SOURCES HAS BE LEDGERED. SEE LEDGERS FOR INDIVIDUAL MINES RECORD 120 COLUMNS 32-33 ENTRY TO THIS MINE IS THROUGH A SH ANOTHER MINE RECORD 120 COLUMNS 64-76 NO RELIABLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE RECORD 151-152 PERCENT RECOVERY BASED ON EXTRAPOLATION OF C RECOVERIES IN THE VIBURNUM TREND AND ESTIMATES OF DR. ROGER CLIFFORD (UMR) RECORD 151 COLUMNS 64-69 PLANT CAPACITY BASED ON 25 YEAR MIL RECORD 151 COLUMNS 70-80 NO RELIABLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. RECORD 140 ORE TO BE HOISTED NEAR THE MINE AND TRUCKED TO EA PICHER CENTRAL MILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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