Description
Lobaris Copper Co. (of Ardmore, Okla.). Bob Allen, John Hoard, and John Warren
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryZinc, Vanadium, Uranium, Nickel, Cobalt, Silver, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSedimentary Cu, shale-hosted
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore control"Reducing Environment, Sabkha Process, With Organic (Spores) Material"
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Malachite
GangueShale
Geology
Host rockShale · Meadows Copper Shale Bed of the Flowerpot Shale
Structure"Gentle Dip W. About 5-10 Ft/Mi"
Tectonic setting"Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin; Sabkha Environment"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsnone
Discovery year1965
Identification
Deposit ID10021966
MRDS IDDE01759
Alternate namesLobaris Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.7832, -99.51868
References
{Deposit:: Johnson, K.S., 1976, Permian copper shales of southwestern Oklahoma, in Johnson and Croy, eds., Stratiform copper deposits of the midcontinent region, A symposium: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 77, p. 3-14.}{Deposit:: Lockwood, R.P., 1976, Geochemistry and prtrology of some Oklahoma red-bed copper occurrences, in in Johnson and Croy, eds., Stratiform copper deposits of the midcontinent region, A symposium: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 77, p. 61-68.}{Deposit:: STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 38).}{Deposit:: HANSEN, R.F., JR., 1958, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 101 P.}{Deposit:: LOCKWOOD, R.P., 1972, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 125 P.}{Deposit:: P.N. Shockey, Renfro, A.R., and Peterson, R.J., 1974, Copper-silver solution fronts at Paoli, Oklahoma, Economic Geology, v. 69, n. 2, p.266-268.}