Davenport Mine

Past Producer in Ottawa county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10224628
MAS/MILS ID 0401150046
Record type Site
Current site name Davenport Mine
Alternate or previous names Issac Daylight Allotment

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -94.79024, 36.97067 (WGS84)
Elevation 258
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ottawa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picher(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Neosho(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tulsa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake O' The Cherokees(hydrologic unit)

Neosho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neosho-Verdigris(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Ottawa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 029 N 023 E 26 SWNENW Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -94.79024, 36.97067

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 250M
    Width 75M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 72M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 68
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 780708

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1919

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 90M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 2
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOWLER, G.M., AND LYDEN, J.P. 1932, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    TRI-STATE DISTRICT (MISSOURI-KANSAS-OKLAHOMA): A.I.M.E TR.,

  • Deposit

    P. 206-251.

  • Deposit

    WEIDMAN, S., 1932, THE MIAMI-PICHER ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT, OKLA

  • Deposit

    OKLAHOMA GEOL. SURV. BULL. 5G, 177P.

  • Deposit

    MCKNIGHT, EDWIN AND FISCHER, RICHARD, 1970, GEOLOGY AND ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE PICHER FIELD OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS: U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 588, 165P.

  • Deposit

    BROCKIE, DOUGLAS, ET.AL., 1968, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    TRI-STATE DISTRICT OF MISSOURI, KANSAS, AND OKLAHOMA IN ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: A.I.M.E P.400-430.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE IS A PART OF THE PICHER FIELD BACK-UP FILE RECORD 010 COLUMN 44. THIS MINE IS LOCATED ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION. LEASING AGREEMENTS ARE NEGOTIATED WITH TRIBAL C RECORD 020 OWNERSHIP SPLIT BETWEEN VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE T RECORD 060 SHALE IS NOT A PART OF THE BOONE FORMATION, BUT IMPORTANT TO LOCALIZATION OF ORE BODIES. RECORD 080 COLUMNS 59-62 AND 69-71 STRIKE AND DIP NOT APPLI TO STRAIFORM TYPE ORE BODIES GRADE AND TONNAGE MATRIX INFORMATION FROM ALL AVAILABLE SOUR BEEN LEDGERED. SEE LEDGER FILES FOR INDIVIDUAL MINES. RECORD 120 COLUMNS 64-76 NO RELIABLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE RECORD 151-152 PERCENT RECOVERY BASED ON EXTRAPOLATION OF C RECOVERIES IN THE VIBURNUM TREND AND ESTIMATES OF DR. ROGER CLIFFORD (UMR). RECORD 151 COLUMNS 64-69 PLANT CAPACITY BASED ON 25 YEAR MIL RECORD 151 COLUMNS 70-80 NO RELIABLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE RECORD 140 ORE TO BE HOISTED AT THE MINE AND TRUCKED TO REFURBISHED EAGLE-PICHER CENTRAL MILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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