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Cedar Knoll-1

Occurrence in Blaine county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Vanadium, Titanium, Metal
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021916
MRDS ID DE01704
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Knoll-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.3109, 35.88591 (WGS84)
Elevation 421
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 4 MI S. OF N. SIDE OF HITCHCOCK ON OK HWY 8 TO BUCHER STATION. GO 3 MI E. GO 1 MI S. JOG E. 0.25 MI. GO 5.1 MI. TURN W. 0.5 MI. WALK ABOUT 2,000 FT WNW TO W. SIDE OF CEDAR KNOLL. MALACHITE IS IN CEDAR SPRINGS DOL., 4 TO 6 IN. THICK, ABOUT 50 TO 60 FT BELOW TOP OF KNOLL, AT BASE OF BLAINE FM. SUPPOSEDLY, SMALL COPPER SHEETS WERE FOUND IN THIS AREA AND CRUMPLED INTO COPPER NUGGETS BY PEOPLE GOING ON PICNICS TO CEDAR KNOLL FROM WINNVIEW AREA. WINNVIEW POST OFFICE WAS IN SW-SW-SE-33-17N-10W, ABOUT 2.5 MI E. AND 1 MI N. OF CEDAR KNOLL, ESTABLISHED JUNE 23, 1892, AND DISCONTINUED APRIL 29, 1905, WITH JOSEPH B. WINN AS FIRST POSTMASTER. HIS SON WAS LIVING IN SAME HOUSE IN 1972, AND HE RELATED THE STORY OF WHERE THE COPPER WAS FOUND. I DID NOT FIND NATIVE COPPER, BUT THERE IS A REGIONAL OCCURRENCE OF COPPER IN THE CEDAR SPRINGS DOL., AT THE BASE OF THE BLAINE FM., EXTENDING FOR MANY MILES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hitchcock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watonga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clinton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cimarron-Skeleton(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 016N 010W 6 SE OF NE OF SW OF SW OF SW Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CU, >2000 PPM
Result AG, 66-200 PPM
Result V, 66-200 PPM
Result TI, 666 TO 2000 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Sh;Medicine Lodge Gypsum Member Of Blaine Formation
    Rock description Flowerpot Sh;Medicine Lodge Gypsum Member Of Blaine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Cedar Springs Dolomite Member Of Blaine Formation
    Rock description Cedar Springs Dolomite Member Of Blaine Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blaine Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form SHEET
    Strike NNW
    Dip <30 FT/MI W.
    Thickness 0.15M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound, Reducing Environment, ? Sabkha Process

Comments on the geologic information

  • POSSIBLY SOME COPPER WAS CONCENTRATED BY A SABKHA PROCESS AND THEN LATER CONCENTRATED BY GROUND WATER. GEOLOGY BY FAY (1962).; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Discoverer People Going On Picnics Before 1908

Mining district

District name Winnview

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE MALACHITE OCCURS OVER 25 SQ MI OR MORE FROM BUCHER AREA TO ALTONA AREA. THE AREA HAS NOT BEEN EXPLORED OR DRILLED FOR COPPER.

Comments on development

  • OUTCROPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOULD, C.N., HUTCHISON, L.L., AND NELSON, GAYLORD, 1908, OGS BULLETIN 1, 88 P. (P. 78-79).

  • Deposit

    FAY, ROBERT O., 1962, OGS BULLETIN 89, 252 P.

  • Deposit

    FAY, R.O., JULY 4, 1972, SAMPLE 41, COLLECTED IN FIELD; ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER, OGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS BED AND SOME BEDS 0 TO 4 FT BELOW OCCUR OVER A LARGE AREA OF 25 SQ MI OR MORE.
Deposit GOULD ET AL. (1908, P. 78-79) GAVE FIRST REFERENCE. FAY (JULY 1972) SAMPLE 41, COLLECTED MALACHITE FROM CEDAR SPRINGS DOL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-92 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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