1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Van Vacter-2

Occurrence in Beckham county in Oklahoma, United States with commodity Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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 10021915
MRDS ID DE01703
Record type Site
Current site name Van Vacter-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.49844, 35.16203 (WGS84)
Elevation 524
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 1 MI E. OF CARTER (FROM OK HWY 34) ON OK HWY 55; TURN 1 MI S.; JOG 0.25 MI E.; GO 5.1 MI; GO E. 0.5 MI; TURN S. 2 MI; GO SE ABOUT 0.35 MI TO VAN VACTER RANCH HOUSE. FOLLOW ROAD W. TO RIVER BOTTOM ABOUT 1.2 MI TO STEEP BLUFF ON NE SIDE OF THE NORTH FORK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beckham(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carter East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clinton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Fork Red(hydrologic unit)

North Fork Red(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Beckham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 008N 022W 14 CENTER OF SE OF SW OF SW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 25 FT BELOW HAYSTACK GYPSUM IS KISER GYPSUM. SAMPLE C-15 WAS A 15 INCH SHALE, PROBABLY COLLECTED BELOW THE KISER, ABOUT 30 FT OR MORE ABOVE THE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLY THE MEADOWS COPPER SHALE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.05% CU (SAMPLE C-15)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Sh
    Rock description Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Sh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Sh
    Rock description Flowerpot Sh

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.49844, 35.16203
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip To Nne, Less Than 1 Degree

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form TABULAR
    Dip WNW
    Plunge <1 DEGREE NNE
    Thickness 0.38M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY SCOTT AND HAM (1957, MEASURED SEC. 4); HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer Stroud Et Al. (1970, P. 38)

Mining district

District name Carter

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Van Vacter Ranch

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROP, POSSIBLY MEADOWS BED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUD, R.B., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 38).

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.L., AND HAM, W.E., 1957, OGS CIRCULAR 42, 64 P. (MEAS. SEC. 4).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP IN BLUFF
Deposit OUTCROP
Deposit STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 38) IS ORIGINAL SOURCE. SCOTT AND HAM (1957, MEASURED SEC. 4) GIVE GEOLOGY. LISTED AS SE-14-8N-22W.

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.

Maps centered on this site