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Lela Northeast-1

Occurrence in Pawnee 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088453
MRDS ID DE01838
Record type Site
Current site name Lela Northeast-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.94474, 36.40507 (WGS84)
Elevation 343
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 6.9 MI E. OF U.S. HWY. 177, ON OKLAHOMA HWY. 15, S. SIDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pawnee(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Watchorn(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Pawnee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 022N 003E 11 N2 OF NE OF NE Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 121 PPM CU IN SANDSTONE
Result 193 PPM CU IN SHALE

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
    Rock unit name Ft. Riley Bed About 3 Ft Thick
    Rock description Ft. Riley Bed About 3 Ft Thick

Nearby scientific data

(1) Oscar Group
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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
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FT. RILEY IS MOSTLY LIMY SANDSTONE, ABOUT 5 FT THICK OR LESS. GREIG (1959) GIVES GEOLOGY.

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 Lela

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 36, 37, 63, 67).

  • Deposit

    GREIG, P.B., JR., 1959, OGS BULLETIN 83, 188 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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