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Vance Prospect

Past Producer in Comanche county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Barium-Barite
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021929
MRDS ID DE01719
Record type Site
Current site name Vance Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.60924, 34.55094 (WGS84)
Elevation 357
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 2 MI E. OF THE SW CORNER OF CACHE, TURN S. 5 MI, GO W. 0.35 MI. WALK N. ABOUT 1300 FT TO NEAR C OF S2 OF SE 18, IN BADLANDS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comanche(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taupa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Cache(hydrologic unit)

Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Comanche

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 001N 013W 18 CENTER OF S2 OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • OUTCROP OF LOWER HENNESSEY SHALE IN BLUFFS. ON W. SIDE OF CREEK IS A SMALL HILL IN C-NW-NW-SW-18, WITH ABOUT 20 FT OF SHALE WITH BARITE CONCRETIONS AND SOME MALACHITE, ACCORDING TO MERRITT, DOTT, AND HAM (1940). THE GARBER SANDSTONE IS LOW ALONG THE CREEK. MANSUR AND GRIGGS (1936, JUNE) ALSO DISCUSS THIS DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF BARITE CONCRETIONS ARE CONCENTRATED ON THE VALLEY FLOOR. ABOUT 3 FT OF COPPER-SHALE WAS DRILLED IN BACK OF THE BLUFF TO THE EAST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.17% CU
Result 1.46% CUO
Result 2.03% CUCO3 (FORREST) OF SHALE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Hennessey Group
    Rock description Hennessey Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Hennessey Group
    Rock description Hennessey Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.60924, 34.55094
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Low Monoclinal Dip Southward, About 10 Ft Per Mile

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form SHEET
    Dip 0.1 DEGREE S.
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 274.32M

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 HAVENS (1977)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Discoverer Robert L. Forrest
Year of first production 1940
Year of last production 1940
Production years 1940?

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A DRILL HOLE 3 FT DEEP WAS STILL IN THE COPPER-SHALE AT TOP OF BLUFF.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 16.188HA
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on development

  • A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF BARITE CONCRETIONS WERE VISIBLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAVINES IN 1940. A MR. VANCE WAS PREPARING TO SHIP 50 TONS OF BARITE FROM CACHE, BUT HE ONLY HAD A VERBAL CONTRACT WITH THE INDIAN OWNERS, AND THE BARITE REMAINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAVENS, J.S., 1977, OGS AND USGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6 (GEOLOGIC MAP)

  • Deposit

    FORREST, R.L., FEBRUARY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 116, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    MANSUR, M.A., AND GRIGGS, J.E., JUNE 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 599, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    MANSUR, M.A., APRIL 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 333, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., AND HAM, W.E., AUGUST 1942, SHEET 0562, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., DOTT, ROBERT, AND HAM, W.E., JULY 1940, SHEET 0353, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE CONCRETIONS IN RED-BROWN SHALE, WITH MALACHITE, AND SHALE WITH MALACHITE, IN A ZONE AT LEAST 3 FT THICK.
Deposit LOCATION SHOWN BY FORREST (1936), MANSUR (1936), AND MERRITT, DOTT, AND HAM (1940). BARITE NODULES AND MALACHITE IN 3 FT OR MORE OF SHALE, WITH 1.17% CU ANALYSIS FROM SHALE GIVEN BY FORREST (1936). AREA COVERS 10-40 ACRES IN HENNESSEY SHALE. IN SE 7, TO N., IS A CONTINUATION OF THIS DEPOSIT. SEE MERRITT AND HAM (1942).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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