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

Hitchcock-1

Occurrence in Blaine 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021918
MRDS ID DE01707
Record type Site
Current site name Hitchcock-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.38563, 35.95314 (WGS84)
Elevation 433
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 2 MI W. OF HITCHCOCK. TURN S. ABOUT 0.7 MI ON GAS-WELL ROAD. TURN 0.2 MI W. GO S. 0.5 MI. WALK E. ABOUT 2000 FT TO HILL. THE DOL. IS ABOUT 12 FT BELOW BASE OF BLAINE FM, WHICH FORMS PROMINENT ESCARPMENT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Watonga Lake(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 017N 011W 16 SW OF SE OF NW OF NW Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale
    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 > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blaine Formation
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED DOL
    General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 30.48M

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

  • GEOLOGY BY FAY (1962, P. 214, MEASURED SEC. 12) AND FAY (1964, P. 95, 198, MEASURED SEC. 21).; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Robert O. Fay

Mining district

District name Winnview

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS DOLOMITE OCCURS OVER MANY SQUARE MILES. THE COPPER MAY BE SPORADIC

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FAY, ROBERT O., 1962, OGS BULLETIN 89, 252 P. (P. 214).

  • Deposit

    FAY, ROBERT O., 1964, OGS BULLETIN 98, 238 P. (P. 95, 198).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DOLOMITE CAN BE TRACED FOR MANY MILES. THE COPPER MAY BE SPORADIC.
Deposit RECORDED BY FAY (1962, P. 214, MEASURED SEC. 12), AND FAY (1964, P. 95, 198, MEASURED SEC. 21). MALACHITE IN 0.5-FT DOL., ABOUT 11-12 FT BELOW TOP OF FLOWERPOT SH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-92 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