Mine detail: Lela North-2

Previously called 'Pawnee Mining and Milling Co. Prospect'

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Location: Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.32242, -96.69832
dep_id: 10088454
mrds_id: DE01842
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Zirconium, Vanadium, Lead, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
orebody_fm: CHANNEL
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Wreford Sandstone
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Oscar Group
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Monoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5 W.
tectonic: Interior Basin- Deltaic Red Bed Margin
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1935
prod_yrs: 193*?
discr: Pawnee Mining And Milling Co. [Frank Hudson, Pres., Pawnee National Bank; Jo O. Ferguson, Editor, Pawnee Chief; R.R. Moss, Chevrolet Dealer; C.M. Weston; C.D. Drake--All Of Pawnee]
References:
  • Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 13).
  • Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., 1937, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 7, P. 906-951 (P. 914-915) [PROBABLY NW-NW-NW-24].
  • Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 8).
  • Deposit:: GREIG, P.B., 1959, OGS BULLETIN 83, 188 P. (P. 141).
  • Deposit:: TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GM-25 (16 P.) (MAP, LOC. 141).
  • Deposit:: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 1968, RME-151, 73 P.
  • Deposit:: HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 36, 39, 40, 67) [IN SE SEC. 24].
  • Deposit:: FAY, R.O., MAY 1972, OGS SAMPLE 62; ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER.
  • Deposit:: OAKES, M.C., FEBRUARY 1946, OGS FILE, LETTERS, WITH SHEET 652 (DRILLING PROGRAM).
  • Deposit:: OAKES, M.C., JANUARY 24, 1943, OGS FILE, SHEET 652.
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