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Great Salt Plains-1

Occurrence in Alfalfa county in Oklahoma, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021914
MRDS ID DE01702
Record type Site
Current site name Great Salt Plains-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.13228, 36.73563 (WGS84)
Elevation 357
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position FOLLOW OKALHOMA HWY 38 N. OF JET FOR 3 MI, THEN E. 1 MI, THEN N. 1 MI, THEN E. 2 MI, THEN N. 1.35 MI INTO GREAT SALT PLAINS STATE PARK. TURN W. ABOUT 0.2 MI TO MAIN INTERSECTION. TURN NE ABOUT 0.05 MI (ABOUT 300 FT), AND TURN NW ONTO UNIMPROVED ROAD, FOR 0.1 MI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alfalfa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alva(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Woodward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt Fork Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Alfalfa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 026N 009W 11 CENTER OF W2 OF NW OF NE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • LOOK DOWN BLUFF TO W., NEAR TOP OF HILL, AT 3-FT BED OF GREENISH-GRAY SANDSTONE (CRISFIELD) WITH MALACHITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Salt Plains Formation
    Rock description Salt Plains Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Crisfield Ss Member
    Rock description Crisfield Ss Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) Kingman Formation or Kingman Siltstone
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Sw Dip Less Than 30 Ft/Mi

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    Strike NNW
    Dip <30 FT/MI TO SWS
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY MORTON (1980). THE CRISFIELD SS IS ABOUT 30 FT THICK, OCCURRING ABOUT 65 TO 95 FT ABOVE BASE OF SALT PLAINS FM, WHERE THE SALT PLAINS FM IS ABOUT 160 FT THICK. THE UPPER 3 FT OF THE CRISFIELD CONTAINS MALACHITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1973
Discoverer Kenneth Johnson, Ogs

Mining district

District name Great Salt Plains

Land status

Ownership category State Park
Area name Great Salt Plains State Park; Oklahoma Department Of Parks And Tourism

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Oklahoma
    Home office Oklahoma

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, ROBERT B., 1980, USGS AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 8

  • Deposit

    FAY, ROBERT O., APRIL 1, 1973, STUDIED AREA AND TOOK PICTURES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CRISFIELD SS IS ABOUT 30 FT THICK. THE UPPER 3 FT CONTAINS MALACHITE.
Deposit OUTCROP
Deposit FAY (1973) EXAMINED AREA AND TOOK PICTURES. MALACHITE OCCURS IN CRISFIELD SANDSTONE MEMBER OF SALT PLAINS FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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