Perry Southeast-2

Occurrence in Noble county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Vanadium, Chromium, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022026
MRDS ID DE01833
Record type Site
Current site name Perry Southeast-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.24531, 36.19841 (WGS84)
Elevation 337
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 6 MI S. OF PERRY ON OKLAHOMA HWY. 86, THEN 2 MI E., THEN 0.3 MI S., THEN WALK E. ABOUT 500 FT TO 10-FT SANDSTONE, WITH NODULES, AT HEAD OF STEEP RAVINE. COLLAPSED ADIT DUG IN 1903.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Noble(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Carl Blackwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Noble

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 020N 001E 19 E OF NW OF SW OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • SANDSTONE BED ABOUT 20 FT BELOW SHELTON'S (1979) UPPER MARKER BED, OR ABOUT 580 FT ABOVE BASE OF WELLINGTON FORMATION. BRANSON, BURWELL, AND CHASE (1955, P. 13) MENTION THAT A 6-IN. ZONE, ABOUT 32 FT DEEP, WITH GALENA AND COAL, WAS FOUND IN A WELL BY F.M. ELGIN, IN THE NW-NE-NW OF 19-20N-1E, A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF THE ABOVE COPPER SITE. THE ORIGINAL REFERENCE IS COULTER AND KERR (1936, FILE 226).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.22% CU, LESS THAN 20 PPM AG, V, CR, MO

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.24531, 36.19841

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 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

  • UNNAMED SANDSTONE BED IS 580 FT ABOVE BASE OF WELLINGTON, ABOUT 20 FT BELOW UPPER MARKER BED OF SHELTON AND OTHERS (1979). SANDSTONE BED ABOUT 10 FT THICK WITH NODULES WITH MALACHITE. SHELTON, JENKINS, AND BINGHAM (1979) GIVE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Prospectors, One From St. Louis, Mo.

Mining district

District name Perry

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Prospectors (One From St. Louis, Mo.)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROP SAMPLES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings ADIT DRIVEN S. INTO HILL
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT COLLAPSED. OUTCROP EXAMINED FOR SAMPLES.

Comments on development

  • ADIT DRIVEN S. INTO HILL, NOW COLLAPSED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHELTON, J.W., JENKINS, W.A., AND BINGHAM, R.H., 1979, OGS BULLETIN 128, 66 P. (P. 17, 40-41).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COULTER, D.M., AND KERR, J.C., NOVEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, NOBLE CO., OGS FILE 226.

  • Deposit

    COULTER, D.M., AND KERR, J.C., NOVEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, NOBLE CO., OGS FILE 227.

  • Deposit

    FAY, R.O., MAY 1972, SAMPLE NO. 50, ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER, OGS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COULTER AND KERR (1936, FILE 227) GIVE DETAILS.
Deposit COULTER AND KERR (1936, FILE 227) GIVE SOME DETAILS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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