| Deposit ID | 10400387 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Paoli |
| Point of reference | Centroid |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -97.24153, 34.81733 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | About 1 kilometer east to southeast of the town of Paoli, Oklahoma., Approximate center of deposit near where power line and gas line cross. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Garvin(county)
Oklahoma(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Byars SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Pauls Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ardmore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Washita(hydrologic unit)
Washita(hydrologic accounting unit)
Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oklahoma | Garvin |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cimarron | 004N | 001E | 7 | Oklahoma |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Digenite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Brochantite | Trace |
| Chalcanthite | Trace |
| Chrysocolla | Trace |
| Azurite | Trace |
| Anilite | Trace |
| Model code | 203 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Cu, red-bed |
| Mark3 model number | 97 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock type qualifier | A greenish-gray, friable, well-sorted sandstone composed of fine to medium, subrounded grains with interbeds of red claystone and siltstone. | ||||
| Rock unit name | Wellington Formation | ||||
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| Centroid (1) | -97.24153, 34.81733 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Paleochannel |
| Name | Paoli |
|---|---|
| General form | Roll-fronts in paleochannels |
| Thickness | 4M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Discoverer | Local residents noted outcropping copper mineralization before 1900. |
| District name | Red Bed District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Joint Venture Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Teton Exploration Drilling Co., Inc. |
| First year | 1971 |
| Type | Joint Venture Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wolf Ridge Minerals Co. |
| First year | 1967 |
| Year | 1914 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | Hand sorted ore shipped from an open cut on the Byars (Criswell) prospect several miles southwest of Paoli. | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 6500000METRIC TONS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Remarks | Estimated by Teton Exploration and Drilling Co., Inc. from drill results. Tonnage and copper grade from Long (1992). Silver grade from Shockey et al (1974). | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Rose, A.W., 1978, The effect of cuprous chloride complexes in the origin of red=bed copper and related deposits: Economic Geology, v. 79, p. 1036-1048.
Lobell, J., 1986, Brochantite and other minerals from the Paoli, Oklahoma, area: The Mineralogical Record, v. 17, no. 6, p. 371-374.
Fay, R.O., and Brockie, D.C., 2002, Metallic-mineral resources of Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 2002-1, 32 p.
Dott, R.H., 1927, Geology of Garvin County: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 40-K.
Merritt, C.A., 1940, Copper in the "red beds" of Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Mineral Report 8, 17 p.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 14-JUN-10 | Keith R. Long | U.S. Geological Survey |
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