Mine detail: Paden Southwest

Previously called 'Se PragueSw Okfuskee Co.'

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Location: Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.46731, -96.61168
dep_id: 10022028
mrds_id: DE01835
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Malachite, Tenorite
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Oxidation Of Chalcocite To Malachite
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Ada Group
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Ada Group
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Low Monoclinal Dip Westward, Channel With Organic Material
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Year first produced: 1925
yr_lst_prd: 1934
disc_yr: 1925
prod_yrs: 1925-1934
discr: John E. Gravitt
References:
  • Deposit:: SHEAD, A.C., 1929, OGS BULLETIN 14, P. 6, 10, 27, 29, 31, 83, 87, 91.
  • Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., 1937, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 32, P. 906-951 (P. 921).
  • Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT #8, P. 10-12.
  • Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 15-17).
  • Deposit:: RIES, E.R., 1955, OGS BULLETIN 71, 120 P.
  • Deposit:: DOTT, R.H., 1946, 1947, 1948, OGS FILE, LETTERS, 12 P., OKFUSKEE CO., OKLA.
  • Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., AND HAM, W.E., JUNE 1940, OGS FILE, SHEET 347, OKFUSKEE CO., OKLA.
  • Deposit:: ROY ELLIS OF PRAGUE, GRANDSON OF JOHN GRAVITT, SINCE 1950 HAS TAKEN CARE OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE GRAVITT ESTATE, P.O. BOX 815, PRAGUE (ELLIS COURTS), LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLA.
  • Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., HAM, W.E., AND JEFFERS, L., JUNE 1940, OGS FILE, SHEET 348, OKFUSKEE CO., OKLA., 5 P.
  • Deposit:: JEFFERS, LESTER, 1937, OGS FILE, SHEET 5607, OKFUSKEE CO., OKLA.
  • Production:: SHEAD, A.C., 1929, P. 6, 10, 27, 29, 31, 83, 87, 91. MERRITT, C.A., 1940, P. 12
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