Mine detail: Byars Southwest

Previously called 'MarcyBob JonesCharles Baird'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.85622, -97.09947

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Sandstone
Orebody form: CHANNEL
Discovery year: 1851

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1850-1913 - IRREGULAR
First production started: 1850
Last production ended: 1913

Geology

Host rock:Ryan Sandstone No. 2, About 50 Ft Above Base Of Wellington Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Wellington Formation
Associated type:Shale
Structure:Monoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5w
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01820
DEP10022020
Reference{Deposit:: HART, D.L., 1974, USGS AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 3.}{Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 17-18).}{Deposit:: MARCY, R.B., 1866, THIRTY YEARS ARMY LIFE ON THE BORDER: NEW YORK, HARPER & BROTHERS, 442 P. (P. 121-122).}{Deposit:: REDFIELD, J.S., 1927, OGS BULLETIN 42, 130 P. (P. 116).}{Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 6).}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, M.H., 1956, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 484.}{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 306, 314, 319).}{Deposit:: 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).}{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. 37).}{Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., JUNE 1940, OPEN FILE NO. 0342, OGS.}{Deposit:: FAY, R.O., MARCH 1973, OGS, SAMPLE NO. 53; ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER.}{Deposit:: GOULD, C.N., HUTCHISON, L.L., AND NELSON, GAYLORD, 1908, OGS BULLETIN 1, 88 P. (P. 79).}
ReporterFay, Robert O.