Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Byars |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Oklahoma; Nearest community: Byars (5 mi SW) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in sandstone |
Geologic district: |
Paoli District |
Commodities: |
Cu; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Permian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (red) shale (locally belached white) |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone; 190 tons of copper ore shipped between 1913-1914/also worked 1897-98 |
References: |
Lapoint, D. J., 1979 |
Geology Geochemistry and Petrology of Sandstone Copper Deposits in New Mexico |
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Colorado, 333 p. |
Merritt, C. A., 1940 |
Copper in the Red Beds of Oklahoma |
Mineral Report No. 8, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Publication code 8, 19 p. |
Stroud, R. B., 1970 |
Production Potential of Copper Deposits Associated with Permian Red Bed Formations in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas |
Bureau of Mines RI, United States Department of The Interior, Publication code 7422 |
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