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Lela North-4

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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094852
MRDS ID DE01844
Record type Site
Current site name Lela North-4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.91224, 36.37758 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 4 MI N. OF LELA AND 0.7 MI E, THEN ABOUT 300 FT N. OF ROAD.

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 004E 18 S2 OF SE4 OF SW4 OF SE4 Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • R.R. HEINE (1975, P. 36, 37, 39) SHOWS HIS LOCALITIES TO BE ALONG THE ROAD ON THE W. LINE OF SEC. 18, IN THE SW QUARTER. P.B. GREIG (1959, P. 109) ALSO MENTIONS OUTCROPS ALONG THE SAME LOCALITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 14.6 PPM CU

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) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wreford Bed
    Rock description Wreford Bed

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.91224, 36.37758
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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

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • POSSIBLY A SANDSTONE JUST ABOVE WREFORD. P.B. GREIG (1959, P. 109) MENTIONS THAT THIS BED IS REPRESENTED AS A SANDSTONE ABOVE THE WREFORD POSITION. THUS, THE CHASE-COUNCIL GROVE GROUPS CANNOT BE DISTINGUISHED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name Lela

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pawnee Mining And Milling Co.
    Home office Pawnee, Ok.
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Schone
    Home office Rt. 2, Pawnee, Ok.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROP AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings SEVERAL SMALL PITS
  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP MOSTLY

Comments on development

  • MENTIONED IN U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-151, QUOTED BY TOTTEN AND FAY (1982, MAP LOC. 143).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 36, 37, 39, 68).

  • Deposit

    GREIG, P.B., 1959, OGS BULLETIN 83, 188 P. (P. 109).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS GM-25, 16 P. (MAP, LOC. 143).

Reporter information

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

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