Skedee-1

Occurrence in Pawnee county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022034
MRDS ID DE01846
Record type Site
Current site name Skedee-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.71752, 36.37675 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 MI W. OF MAIN ROAD INTO SKEDEE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pawnee(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skedee(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Pawnee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
022N 005E 13 SW OF SE OF SW OF SE Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 9.4 PPM AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.71752, 36.37675

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

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • P.B. GREIG (1959, P. 74-77) DISCUSSES THE ADMIRE. THE FORMATION IS ABOUT 140 FT THICK, CONSISTING MOSTLY OF SHALE WITH SOME LENTICULAR SANDSTONES, 20 FT THICK, AND SOME THIN LIMESTONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Discoverer Heine, R.R.

Mining district

District name Skedee

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 70).

  • Deposit

    GREIG, P.B., 1959, OGS BULLETIN 83, 188 P. (P. 74-77, MAP).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.