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Greasy Creek

Occurrence in Noble 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 10091729
MRDS ID DE01830
Record type Site
Current site name Greasy Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.09309, 36.38368 (WGS84)
Elevation 315
Relative position 0.5 MI S. OF CIMMARON TURNPIKE INTERSECTION ON U.S. HWY. 177; THEN ABOUT 1.4 MI W.; THEN WALK N. ABOUT 0.5 MI TO OUTCROPS ON N. SIDE OF HIGH HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Noble(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morrison NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enid(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 Noble

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 022N 002E 16 NE OF NW OF NW OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • LOWER KEY BED OF WELLINGTON FORMATION OF SHELTON AND OTHERS (1985) FORMS PROMINENT ESCARPMENT ABOUT 120 FT ABOVE BASE OF WELLINGTON FORMATION, ABOUT 7.5 MI S. OF OTOE-MISSOURIA INDIAN AGENCY, ABOUT 10 MI E. AND 6.5 MI N. OF PERRY. THE BED IS ABOUT 6 FT THICK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

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
    Rock unit name Lower Key Bed Of Wellington Formation, 120 Ft Above Base
    Rock description Lower Key Bed Of Wellington Formation, 120 Ft Above Base

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.09309, 36.38368
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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 1.83M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSOCIATED WITH A DOLOMITIC CONGLOMERATE ALSO. THE BED IS ABOUT 6 FT THICK, ERODING INTO AN ESCARPMENT. 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 1979
Discoverer Shelton, J.W., And Others

Mining district

District name Otoe

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP, ABOUT 6 FT THICK

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHELTON, J.W., JENKINS, W.A., AND BINGHAM, R.H., 1979, OGS BULLETIN 128, 66 P. (P. 14, 40-41)

Reporter information

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

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