"A deposit of bitumen nearly related to grahamite was located on the south slope of Black Fork Mountain, about 3 miles east of Page, on the Kansas City Southern Railway. This deposit occurs as a vein similar to those in Impson Valley".

Mine coordinates are 1 mile east of Page in NE/4 SE/4 Sec 23 T3N R26E
Initially it was mined as coal, during WWI, it was mined for it's vanadium content.

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ⓘ Asphalt (Bitumen)

ⓘ Vanadium

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ⓘ 'Pyrobitumen'

ⓘ 'var. Impsonite'

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ⓘ 'Pyrobitumen'

References:

Ham, W.E. (1956) Asphaltite in the Ouachita Mountains. Mineral Report 30, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman Oklahoma, 12 pages.

ⓘ 'Pyrobitumen var. Impsonite'

References:

Ham, W.E. (1956) Asphaltite in the Ouachita Mountains. Mineral Report 30, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman Oklahoma, 12 pages.

Cardott, B. J. (1988). Organic petrology of epi-impsonite at Page, Oklahoma, USA. 5th annual meeting The Society for Organic Petrology

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Arkoma Basin–Ouachita Thrust BeltBasin
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References

[1] Taff, J.A. (1909) Grahamite deposits of Southeastern Oklahoma. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 380 (pp. 286-297).

Ham, W.E. (1956) Asphaltite in the Ouachita Mountains. Mineral Report 30, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman Oklahoma, 12 pages.

Cardott, B. J. (1988). Organic petrology of epi-impsonite at Page, Oklahoma, USA. 5th annual meeting The Society for Organic Petrology

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