Mine detail: Bethel West

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Payne County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.17452, -96.90391
dep_id: 10022045
mrds_id: DE01858
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
gangue: Sandstone
orebody_fm: CHANNEL
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
References:
  • Deposit:: SHELTON, J.W., ROSS, J.S., GARDEN, A.J., AND FRANKS, J.L., 1985, OGS BULLETIN 137, 85 P. (MAP) (P. 45)
  • Deposit:: HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 15, 17, 37, 39-40, 61, 70)
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.