Description
Pawnee Mining And Milling Co. Of Pawnee, Oklahoma
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
TertiaryChromium, Molybdenum, Lead, Vanadium, Zirconium, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formCHANNEL
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Malachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Wreford Sandstone
Associated rockShale · Oscar Group
StructureMonoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5w.
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1930'S?
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10098091
MRDS IDDE01841
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.37369, -96.92058
References
BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 13).HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 18-19, 36, 39, 40, 68, FIGS. 7, 10).MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT 8, 15 P. (P. 8).GREIG, P.B., 1959, OGS BULLETIN 83, 188 P. (P. 141).TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GM-25, 16 P. (MAP, LOC. 144).U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 1968, RME-151, 73 P.FISCHER, R.P., 1937, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 7, P. 906-951 (P. 914-915) [REF. TO SEC. 24].FAY, R.O., MAY 1972, SAMPLE 64, OGS, ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER.NELSON, PERCY, AND BENNETT, F., 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, OGS FILE, SHEET 205, PAWNEE CO., OKLAHOMA.