Mine detail: Burwell Prospect

Previously called 'Mr. OwenC. Ray Smith'

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Location: Payne County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.19091, -96.96336
dep_id: 10022042
mrds_id: DE01855
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: Chalcocite, Malachite
gangue: Sandstone
orebody_fm: CHANNEL
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Oscar Group
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Low Monoclinal Dip Westward About 0.5w.
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Year first produced: 1907
yr_lst_prd: 1918
disc_yr: 1901
discr: M.J. Burwell
References:
  • Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 13-14).
  • Deposit:: TARR, W.A., 1910, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 5, NO. 3, P. 221-226.
  • Deposit:: ROGERS, A.F., 1916, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 11, NO. 4, P. 366-380 (P. 372, 375, PL. 18).
  • Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., 1917, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 625, 530 P. (P. 189).
  • Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 17 P. (P. 6-7).
  • Deposit:: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1968, RME-151, 73 P.
  • Deposit:: NAFT, J.D., 1981, OGS EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATION 4, 42 P. (P. 41).
  • Deposit:: TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS GM-25, 16 P. (MAP NO. 140).
  • Deposit:: SHELTON, J.W., ROSS, J.S., GARDEN, A.J., AND FRANKS, J.L., 1985, OGS BULLETIN 137, 85 P. (P. 45).
  • Deposit:: HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 37, 39, 60)
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