Mine detail: R.B. French Prospect

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Location: Payne County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.19508, -96.95724
dep_id: 10022043
mrds_id: DE01856
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Silver
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 Westward Dip About 0.5w.
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Year first produced: 1907
disc_yr: 1907
discr: ? R.B. French Of Glencoe, Oklahoma
References:
  • Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 7).
  • Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 13-14).
  • Deposit:: SHELTON, J.W., ROSS, J.S., GARDEN, A.J., AND FRANKS, J.L., 1985, 85 P. (P. 45, MAP).
  • Deposit:: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1968, RME-151, 73 P.
  • Deposit:: TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GM-25, 16 P. (MAP NO. 139).
  • Deposit:: FAY, R.O., MAY 1972, COLLECTED CONCENTRATE FROM DUMP. ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER (MARCH 1976), OGS.
  • Deposit:: HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 16, 18, 36-37, 39-40, 60-61, 66, 70).
  • Production:: MY ESTIMATE
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