Oklahoma · Garvin County
Prospect

Paoli

Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States
SilverCopper
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Description

Local residents noted outcropping copper mineralization before 1900.

Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper
Deposit
Deposit typeSediment-hosted Cu
Model203: Sediment-hosted Cu, red-bed
Orebody formRoll-fronts in paleochannels
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Silver, Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Covellite, Digenite, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Hematite, Barite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Wellington Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10400387
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.81733, -97.24153
References
Shockey, P.R., Renfro, A.R., and Peterson, R.J., 1974, Copper-silver solution fronts at Paoli, Oklahoma: Economic Geology, v. 69, p. 266-268.Thomas, C.A., Hagni, R.D., and Berendsen, P., 1991, Ore microscopy of the Paoli silver-copper deposits, Oklahoma: Ore Geology Review, v. 6, p. 229-244.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.Long, K.R., 1992, Reserves and production data for selected ore deposits in the United States found in the files of the Anaconda Copper Company: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-0002, 19 p.