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Billings Northwest-1

Past Producer 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. 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 10021964
MRDS ID DE01756
Record type Site
Current site name Billings Northwest-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.48449, 36.60479 (WGS84)
Elevation 312
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 5 MI N. OF OK HWY 15 AT BILLINGS; THEN 2.25 MI W.; THEN WALK S. ABOUT 1300 FT TO CUT ON E SIDE OF HIGH HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Billings(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 025N 003W 35 SW OF SW OF NE OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • THIS IS AT THE GARBER-WELLINGTON CONTACT, WITH MALACHITE IN THE GARBER SANDSTONE LEDGE, MALACHITE IN NODULES, AND FOSSIL WOOD IN THE UNDERLYING WELLINGTON SHALE. BRANSON, BURWELL, AND CHASE (1955, P. 14) MENTION THIS LOCALITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result (SAMPLE 48) - 38.74% CU
Result 20-66 PPM V
Result <20 PPM AG, CR, MO. (SAMPLE 49) - 0.87% CU
Result 20-66 PPM V
Result <20 PPM AG, CO, CR, MO, NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Garber Sandstone;Wellington Formation
    Rock description Garber Sandstone;Wellington Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Garber Sandstone, Basal 5 Ft;Wellington Formation, Upper 10 Ft
    Rock description Garber Sandstone, Basal 5 Ft;Wellington Formation, Upper 10 Ft

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.48449, 36.60479
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form CHANNEL
    Thickness 4.57M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • BINGHAM AND BERGMAN (1980) GIVE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Production years BEFORE 1940

Mining district

District name Billings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry H. Danford
    Home office Billings, Mt.

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period Before 1940
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.87-38.74% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 19wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • OUTCROP

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.405HA
    Height 4.57M

Comments on development

  • MERRITT, C.A., 1940, P. 8 MENTIONS THIS DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 14).

  • Deposit

    FAY, R.O., MARCH 1973, (SAMPLES 48-WELLINGTON) (49-GARBER); ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER, OGS.

  • Deposit

    HUTCHESON, L.H., NOVEMBER 17, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 173, GRANT CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HUTCHESON (1936) GIVES DETAILS

Reporter information

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

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