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West Point-Northeast

Occurrence in Payne 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022046
MRDS ID DE01859
Record type Site
Current site name West Point-Northeast

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.82308, 36.20147 (WGS84)
Elevation 296
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1 MI N. AND ABOUT 1.7 MI E. OF WEST POINT OR ABOUT 1.5 MI S. OF CIMARRON TURNPIKE, AND 0.3 MI W. OF PAWNEE COUNTY LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Payne(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Payne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 020N 004E 24 NE OF NW OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • SHELTON AND OTHERS (1985, P. 45) GIVE GENERAL AREA AS NE24 AND NW24, PROBABLY IN SANDSTONE ABOUT 20 FT ABOVE NEVA LIMESTONE, IN ESKRIDGE SHALE. ALSO NE-13, WHICH PROBABLY WOULD BE HIGHER IN ESKRIDGE SHALE, OR POSSIBLY IN COTTONWOOD LIMESTONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

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) 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) -96.82308, 36.20147
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Low Monoclinal 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

  • SPECIFIC STRATIGRAPHY IS NOT GIVEN. SHELTON AND OTHERS (1985) GIVE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1985
Discoverer Shelton And Others, 1985, P. 45

Mining district

District name West Point

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROPS

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-92 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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