Oklahoma · Payne County
Occurrence

West Point-Northeast

Payne County, Oklahoma, United States
Copper
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Description

Shelton And Others, 1985, P. 45

Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formCHANNEL
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Malachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockShale · Oscar Group
StructureLow Monoclinal Westward Dip About 0.5w.
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1985
Identification
Deposit ID10022046
MRDS IDDE01859
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.20147, -96.82308
References
SHELTON, J.W., ROSS, J.S., GARDEN, A.J., AND FRANKS, J.L., 1985, OGS BULLETIN 137, 85 P. (P. 45)