| Deposit ID | 10021930 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01720 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cross Mountain-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.59452, 34.69761 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 530 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | TAKE BLUE BEAVER VALLEY ROAD ABOUT 6 MI NW FROM SOUTH BOUNDARY ROAD OF FORT SILL MILITARY RESERVATION TO S. SIDE OF KETCH LAKE. WALK WESTWARD FROM DAM ABOUT 1600 FT TO SMALL STREAM. WALK S. ABOUT 2000 FT TO WHERE STREAM DIVIDES. WALK UPSTREAM ABOUT 2000 FT, FOLLOWING SE BRANCH, GOING UPHILL ABOUT 150 FT. WALK S. ABOUT 300 FT, GOING UPHILL ABOUT 40 FT ABOVE THE STREAM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Comanche(county)
Oklahoma(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Scott(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
DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oklahoma | Comanche |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian | 003N | 013W | 29 | NE OF NW OF SE OF SW OF SW | Oklahoma |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quanah Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quanah Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| (1) | Carlton Rhyolite Group |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wichita Mountains |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Quanah Granite Intrusive |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | DIKE |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1909 |
| Year of first production | 1909 |
| Year of last production | 1915 |
| Production years | 1909-1915? |
| District name | Cache District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|---|
| Area name | U.S. Army, Fort Sill Military Reservation |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | UNNAMED SHAFT |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01720 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | OK-COM-10 |
GILBERT, M.C., AND MYERS, J.D., 1986, OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 107-116 (MAP, P. 108).
WOODRUFF, E.G., 1904, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, 3RD BIENNIAL REPORT, P. 23-36 (P. 27).
WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURE AND TREASURE TALES: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 325 P. (P. 174).
ROCKWELL, FLOYD C., AUGUST 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 807, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.
SCHOONOVER, F.E., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 123 P., MAP (P. 76-82).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE WERE MINED TO ABOUT 100 FT. |
| Deposit | GALENA WAS THE MAIN MINERAL. |
| Deposit | ROCKWELL (1936) LOCATES A MINE SHAFT, 100 FT DEEP, IN A BASIC DIKE IN GRANITE, STRIKING NE, WITH QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND BORNITE. MINING WAS DONE FROM ABOUT 1907-1915. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1992 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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