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Burwell Prospect

Past Producer in Payne county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022042
MRDS ID DE01855
Record type Site
Current site name Burwell Prospect
Alternate or previous names C. Ray Smith, Mr. Owen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.96336, 36.19091 (WGS84)
Elevation 294
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2.75 MI S. OF GLENCOE ON STATE HWY. 108, THEN 2 MI W. AND ABOUT 0.2 MI N. TO DRIVEWAY TO MR. OWEN'S HOUSE, TO RAVINE SW OF HOUSE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Payne(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glencoe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keystone Lake(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 Payne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 020N 003E 22 NEAR CENTER OF SE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • AN ADIT OR 60-FT TUNNEL INTO HILL, ABOUT 25 FT DEEP UNDER TOP OF HILL, WITH VERTICAL SHAFT OR AIR VENT ABOVE. TWO CROSS CUTS, ABOUT 30 FT LONG, WERE MADE OFF THE TUNNEL ABOUT 15 FT FROM ENTRANCE. PROSPECT MENTIONED BY BRANSON, BURWELL, AND CHASE (1955, P. 13-14).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result CU, 23 PPM IN SANDSTONE BY HEINE
Result AG, 31.25 OZ/TON AND AU, 0.1 OZ/TON BY TARR.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.96336, 36.19091
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form CHANNEL
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 18.29M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 7.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHELTON AND OTHERS (1985) GIVE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer M.J. Burwell
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Glencoe Sw

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. J. Burwell ; C. Ray Smith Of Stillwater ; Mr. Owen
    First year 1901

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 2 CROSS CUTS, E-W, 15 FT FROM ENTRANCE
    Area 0.405HA
    Length 9.14M
    Width 1.83M
    Height 1.83M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 18.29M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings ADIT, N-S
    Length 18.29M
    Width 1.83M
    Height 1.83M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • FILLED WITH WATER BY 1910.

Comments on development

  • APPARENTLY WORKED ABOUT 1907-1908 AND 1918 ONLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 13-14).

  • Deposit

    TARR, W.A., 1910, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 5, NO. 3, P. 221-226.

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, A.F., 1916, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 11, NO. 4, P. 366-380 (P. 372, 375, PL. 18).

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H., 1917, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 625, 530 P. (P. 189).

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 17 P. (P. 6-7).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NAFT, J.D., 1981, OGS EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATION 4, 42 P. (P. 41).

  • Deposit

    TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS GM-25, 16 P. (MAP NO. 140).

  • Deposit

    SHELTON, J.W., ROSS, J.S., GARDEN, A.J., AND FRANKS, J.L., 1985, OGS BULLETIN 137, 85 P. (P. 45).

  • Deposit

    HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 37, 39, 60)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT 60 FT N-S INTO HILL, ABOUT 25 FT UNDER TOP OF HILL, WITH VERTICAL SHAFT ABOVE. TWO CROSS CUTS, ABOUT 30 FT LONG, WERE MADE ABOUT 15 FT FROM ENTRANCE.

Reporter information

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

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