Oklahoma · McClain County
Past Producer

Byars Southwest

McClain County, Oklahoma, United States
CopperSilver
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Description

Bob Jones, Black Beaver

Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formCHANNEL
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Ryan Sandstone No. 2, About 50 Ft Above Base Of Wellington Formation
Associated rockShale · Wellington Formation
StructureMonoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5w
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1850-1913 - IRREGULAR
First production1850
Last production1913
Discovery year1851
Identification
Deposit ID10022020
MRDS IDDE01820
Alternate namesMarcy, Bob Jones, Charles Baird
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates34.85622, -97.09947
References
HART, D.L., 1974, USGS AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 3.BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 17-18).MARCY, R.B., 1866, THIRTY YEARS ARMY LIFE ON THE BORDER: NEW YORK, HARPER & BROTHERS, 442 P. (P. 121-122).REDFIELD, J.S., 1927, OGS BULLETIN 42, 130 P. (P. 116).MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 6).WRIGHT, M.H., 1956, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 484.HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 306, 314, 319).BUTLER, B.S., AND DUNLOP, J.P., 1916, USGS MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1914, PT. 1, METALS: P. 27-124 (BYARS, P. 29, 31, 106, 114).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. 37).MERRITT, C.A., JUNE 1940, OPEN FILE NO. 0342, OGS.FAY, R.O., MARCH 1973, OGS, SAMPLE NO. 53; ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER.GOULD, C.N., HUTCHISON, L.L., AND NELSON, GAYLORD, 1908, OGS BULLETIN 1, 88 P. (P. 79).