Oklahoma Minerals
County Index: D-N

Delaware County

  • Leach, NNW of Leach on top of a bluff, SE1/4 sec.7, T.21N, R.22E: calcite (massive, fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963).

Garfield County

  • Hillsdale, O. P. Barnes farm (W. W. Thomas farm in 1940), NE1/4 SE1/4 sec.24, T.24N, R.8W, shaft 80 feet deep in red shale and clay of the Salt Plains Formation of Permian age: copper (thin plates) (Merritt 1940b).

Garvin County

  • Paoli, 2.1 mi. SSE of Paoli, extreme E edge of sec.24, T.4N, R. 1 W, mined-out for specimens in 1981, sandstones and shales of Garber Formation of Permian age: azurite, barite, brochantite* (botryoidal and microcrystals), chalcanthite, chrysocolla, cuprite,- chalcocite (nodules and stringers), goethite, hematite, malachite, pyrite (small crystals) (Lobell 1986).
  • Paoli, Teepee Queen Copper Company area, just E of Paoli, sec. 18, T.4N, R. 1E, ore shipped from surface workings, Permian-age red sandstones and shales: barite (rosettes, crystal aggregates, cement, and in concretions), chalcocite (nodules and fragments), copper, hematite, malachite* (needlelike crystals), pyrite (Merritt 1940b) Paoli, other areas, secs. 7, 18, 19, T.4N, R.1E, Permian-age sandstones and shales: azurite, barite (crystals in concretions, nodules, and roses), chalcocite* (concretions), malachite (Ham and Merritt 1944).

Grady County

  • Alex, S side of Route 19: barite (miniature roses) (Morrison 1986).

Grant County

  • Salt Fork, NE1/4 NE1/4 sec.35, T.25N, R.3W, on the side of a hill in Blue Wellington Shale overlain by Garber Sandstone of Permian age: malachite (nodules), quartz (petrified wood) (Branson, Burwell, and Chase 1955).

Greer County

  • Altus Lake, N of the bridge along the lake shore, NE1/4 sec.30, T.6N, R.20W: quartz (crystals lining geodes) (Gilmore 1 963).
  • Granite, gravel quarry, SW1/4 SW1/4 sec.9, T.6N, R.21W, pegmatites: biotite (books), hornblende, orthoclase* (crystals), quartz (colorless and smoky crystals) (Gilmore 1963).
  • Jester, W and NW of Jester, along Elm Fork of Red River and to the N into Beckham County: gypsum (crystals to 25 cm).
  • Lobaris prospect, NE1/4 NE1/4 sec.34, T.4N, R.22W, in Meadows Copper Shale of Permian age and Flowerpot Shale: chalcocite, malachite (Johnson 1977).
  • Quartz Mountain, W side of Quartz Mountain, SE1/4 sec.l7 and NE1/4 sec.20, T.SN, R.20W, vugs in pegmatite lenses: albite, biotite, magnetite, orthoclase* (crystals, many twinned), quartz* (crystals), zircon (Gilmore 1963).
  • Red River, 200-300 feet W of north fork of Red River, SW1/4 sec. 15, T.SN, R.20W, miarolitic cavities in Lugert Granite: quartz (crystals) (Gilmore 1963).

Harper County

  • General, common in much of the county: quartz (variety moss, plume, and banded agate, and jasper) (Gilmore 1963).
  • Buffalo, SSW of Buffalo, NE1/4 NW1/4 sec.25, T.26N, R.23W, 5-cm veins in red clay: celestine (fibrous, pale blue) (Gilmore 1963).
  • Selman, 2.5 mi. N of Selman: gypsum (crystals, rosettes) (Huckaby 1955).
  • Twin Buttes, 8 mi. N of Rosston and 1 mi. E of U.S. 283, halfway up the north Butte: aragonite* ("Indian money," pseudohexagonal plates), calcite (crystals) (Lovell 1974).

Hughes County

  • Wetumka, SW of Wetumka, sec.30, T.8N, R.9E: barite (coarsely crystalline) (Ham and Merritt 1944).

Jackson County

  • Creta area, includes Eagle-Picher mine, extends from Creta to the SE for 5 mi., first copper mineral was recognized in l852, mine discovered by Kenneth E. Smith in January l962, copper mined by Eagle-Picher from l965 to l975, Permian-age shales with two copper-bearing shales in the upper part of the Flowerpot Shale: azurite, barite, botallackite, bornite, brochantite* (with malachite forrns pseudomorphs after gypsum), callaghanite, chalcocite (minute crystal), chalcopyrite, covellite, cuprite(?), galena, gypsum (crystals), malachite* (fibrous aggregates, microcrystals), pyrite, silver (Dinges 1966; Ham and Jackson 1964; Kidwell and Bower 1976).
  • Duke, Republic Gypsum Company quarry, W1/2 sec.24, T.2N, R.23W, three gypsum horizons in upper part of Blaine Formation: gypsum* (white, alabaster) (Johnson and Denison 1973).
  • Olustee-Eldorado area, along State Highway 6: gypsum ("fishtail twins" to 10 cm).

Jefferson County

  • Sugden, Miller prospect, NE1/4 SW1/4 sec.7, T.SS, R.8W, in Permian-age Ryan Sandstone of Wellington Formation: autunite, carnotite (Chase 1954).

Johnston County

  • Bromide, Springbrook deposit, also called Viola prospect, 3 mi. SW of Bromide, NW1/4 SW1/4 sec.l3 and NE1/4 SE1/4 sec.l4, T.2S, R.7E, prospect trenches, mineralized fault zone in Chimneyhill Limestone: ankerite, calcite (manganoan, gray to reddish-brown), dolomite, glauconite, hausmannite (tiny pyramids, veinlets), hematite, manganite, neotocite, pyrite, quartz (some chalcedony), rhodochrosite, siderite (Merritt 1941; Ham and Oakes 1944).
  • Pontotoc, W of Pontotoc, top and flanks of a hill, SW1/4 sec.l6, T.lS, R.6E, long trench, bog iron-ore deposit, Arbuckle Dolomite outcrops: goethite (cellular, fine needles lining cavities, rhombohedra after siderite), hematite, quartz (chert), wavellite (radiating needle crystals) (Merritt 1940a).
  • Ravia, area just S of Ravia, sec. l., T.4S, R.5E, granite porphyry dike: chlorite, galena, hornblende, kaolinite, orthoclase (crystals), quartz (crystals), serpentine, smithsonite, sphalerite (Zeitner 1972).
  • Thompson Ranch, NE of Mill Creek, NW1/4 sec.15, T.1S, R.5E., in clay: barite* (crystals, white with bluish interiors), calcite, goethite (after pyrite cubes), pyrite, quartz (chalcedony), siderite (Ham and Merritt 1944).
  • Troy, Ten Acre Rock, and Capitol quarry, near Troy just E of Rock Creek, cent. 1/4 sec.3, T.3S, R.SE, Tishoming Granite with pegmatite that has cavities, quarry opened in 1915: fluorite (purple), microcline* (crystals), quartz* (crystals, rutilated) (Ham 1973).

Kay County

  • Camp McFarland, also McFadden, 10 mi. NE of Ponca City, Campfire Girls Camp in hills and along the river, geodes: barite, calcite (scalenohedral crystals, fluorescent) (Gilmore 1963).

Kiowa County

  • Cold Springs, W of Cold Springs at apex of most northern peak, medium-grained granite: orthoclase (crystals), quartz (crystals) (Evans 1936).
  • Iron Mountain area, sec.7, T.4N, R.16W, pegmatite veins in troctolite and gabbro in Glen Mountains layered complex, prospect pits: azurite, chalcopyrite, copper, cuprite, malachite (Chase 1950).

Marshall County

  • Enos, near Enos in a creek bank: pyrite (cuboctahedral crystals and pseudomorphs after carbonized wood).

Mayes County

  • Langely, E of Langely, NE1/4 sec.20, T.22N, R.21E: barite (crystals) (Gilmore 1963).
  • Spavinaw, 0.5 mi. W of Spavinaw, NE1/4 NW1/4 sec.15, T.22N, R.21E, prospect shaft: copper* (arborescent crystal masses), goethite (after pyrite), malachite, quartz (fluorescent) (Gilmore 1963).
  • Spavinaw Lake areas, W of the dam to the bridge, sec.15, T.22N, R.21E, Spavinaw Granite: cerussite, dolomite, galena, goethite (after pyrite), magnetite (crystals), pyrite, quartz (crystals) (Zeitner 1972).

McClain County

  • Byars deposits, includes the Criswell mine, 4 mi. SW of Byars along Garvin County line, sec.33, T.SN, R.2E, mined for silver, 1897-98, 1913-16, Permian-age Garber sandstones and shales, aragonite (tiny crystals in geodes): azurite, barite (concretions and crystals), calcite (crystals in geodes), chalcanthite, chrysocolla, goethite* (microcrystals), malachite, quartz (petrified wood), silver chloride (unknown mineral) (Butler and Dunlop 1916; Lobell 1986).

McCurtain County

  • General. Quartz veins traverse the county east to west in two parallel bands. The first extends from DeQueen Lake in Arkansas westward between Broken Bow and Hee Mountain to Pine Creek Lake. The second band is 5-10 mi. to the north: brookite* (yellow to amber tabular crystals), quartz (crystals, clear, milky, and smoky; phantoms; chlorite, clay, pyrite, and manganese oxides may be included in the quartz, also skeletal or hopper crystals) (London 1994).
  • Broken Bow area, 150 paces S of cent. sec.8, and 200 paces N of SE1/4 corner sec.25, NE1/4 sec.28 and sec.24, T.SN, R.23E, quartz veins in Crystal Mountain Sandstone: chlorite* (in and with quartz), orthoclase (adularia), quartz* (crystals) (Gilmore 1963).
  • Broken Bow Lake, includes Stevens Gap Recreational Area, Carson Creek area, Holly Creek Campground, and elsewhere, secs. 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, T.5S, R.25E, quartz veins in Crystal Mountain Sandstone: goethite (after pyrite), marcasite (with pyrite), pyrite (encrusting petrified wood), quartz (crystals) (Massey 1990; Gilmore 1963; Morrison 1989).
  • Eagletown, Johnson copper prospect, N of Eagletown on Rock Creek, SW1/4 sec.16, T.5S, R.27E, discovered 1917, brecciated sandstone and shale with veins of milky quartz: chalcopyrite (crystals), galena, malachite, pyrite, quartz (crystals), sphalerite.
  • Hochatown, 0.5 mi. NE of Hochatown, SW1/4 sec.l4, T.4S, R.25E, fractured novaculite, three pits: cryptomelane, pyrolusite (Gilmore 1963).
  • Pine Mountain prospect, on the crest of Pine Mountain, SW1/4 sec.l5, T.3S, R.26E, fractured and jointed Arkansas Novaculite, eight shallow pits: cryptomelane* (botryoidal and stalactitic), manganite, pyrolusite (Merritt 1941).
  • Watson area, NW1/4 SE1/4 and SE1/4 NW1/4 sec.33, T.2S, R.26E, fractured Arkansas Novaculite, prospect holes and adit: cryptomelane (botryoidal) (Gilmore 1963).
  • Watson, Buffalo mines, 4 mi. S of Watson on Buffalo Creek, NW corner sec.14, T.2S, R.26E, fracture zone in black shale and quartzite, two shafts with dumps, active 1907-15: calcite (massive, white), galena, pyrite, sphalerite.
  • Watson, Eades mine, 2 mi. SW of Watson, SE1/4 NW1/4 sec.33, T.lS, R.26E, quartz vein in dark shale and quartzite: barite (crystalline), calcite (microcrystals), dolomite, pyrite (crystals, cubes, and octahedra), quartz (crystals).
  • Watson, 100 yards E of Watson on Highway 21 on N side: quartz (crystals with pyrite or hydrocarbon inclusions) (Gilmore 1963).
  • Watson, 3.5 mi. S of Watson, cent. of sec.10, T.2S, R.26E, vein cutting quartzite: barite, galena, sphalerite (Gilmore l 963).
  • Wright City, N of Wright City, sec.30, T.5S, R.23E, in shale: graphite (Gilmore 1963).

Murray County

  • General, garnets, gold (placer), magnetite, opal (common), pyrite, quartz (crystals, chlorite inclusions), staurolite, zircon.
  • Asphalt mine, Sl/2 SW1/4 NE1/4 sec.22, T.1S, R.3E: Calcite (crystal aggregates) (Gilmore 1963).
  • Davis, Rock Products quarry, west of Davis, basalt and rhyolite: calcite, fluorite (crystals, green and purple), pyrite.
  • Davis, Sooner Rock quarry, near Davis: calcite (crystals to 5 cm) (London 1994).
  • Davis zinc field, includes Arbuckle mine, Ben Franklin mine (United Mining), Goose Nest mine, Hope-Sober mine, Rumney (incline), and Arbuckle Mountains to the west of the Washita River, porphyritic granite and Arbuckle Limestone: anglesite, cerussite, dolomite, galena, hematite, pyrite, smithsonite, sphalerite (Gilmore 1963).
  • Mill Mountain, near the mountain: elbaite (green) (Zeitner 1972).
  • Nebo, includes White Mound, near Nebo, sec.20, T.2S, R.3E; sec.5, T.2S, R.1W; sec.34, T.1S, R.2E, in Sylvan Shale: barite ("dollars" consisting of fine radiating needles) (Ham and Merritt 1944).
  • Sulphur, south of Sulphur on Murray Ranch, sec.24, T. 1 S, R.3E, along a fault line in red clay of the Mississippian-age Woodford Shale: barite (crystalline) (Ham and Merrit 1944).

Noble County

  • Morrison, 3 mi. SE, SE1/4 sec.27, T.21N, R.3E, Permian siltstone and sandstones: azurite, chalcocite (nodules), malachite (Naff 1981).
  • Perry, SW of Perry, several locations, NE1/4 SW 1/4 sec. 19, T.20N, R.1E; sec.5 and NE1/4 sec.24, T.20N, R.1W: azurite (replacing wood), barite (centers of concretions, nodules, veins), chalcopyrite, malachite (Gilmore 1963).