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Three Boys Claim

Past Producer in Comanche county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Nickel
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021933
MRDS ID DE01723
Record type Site
Current site name Three Boys Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.57618, 34.77593 (WGS84)
Elevation 437
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO ABOUT 0.45 MI S. OF MEERS P.O., ON OK HWY 115, STAYING N. OF SMALL CREEK. WALK ABOUT 1100 FT. E. OF INTERSECTION OF ROAD AND CREEK. ABOUT 200 FT NW OF BEND OF JIMMY CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comanche(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache(hydrologic unit)

Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Comanche

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 004N 013W 33 SW OF NE OF SE OF SW OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • BAIN (1904, P. 84) AND VEEDER (1936) MENTION THAT THIS WAS A 3-FT GREENSTONE OR BASIC DIKE IN GABBRO, STRIKING WNW. VEEDER MENTIONED PYRRHOTITE, PYRITE, AND MAGNETITE. VEEDER ALSO LOCATED ANOTHER PROSPECT ON THIS VEIN, ABOUT 1,200 FT ESE, IN THE C-SW-SE-SE-NW-33, ABOUT 500 FT SE OF ANOTHER CURVE IN JIMMY CREEK. POWELL (1986, P. 22) MAPS THESE IN GLEN MOUNTAINS LAYERED COMPLEX. VEEDER (1936) ALSO LOCATED TWO OTHER PROSPECTS IN SIMILAR GREENSTONE DIKES, MENTIONED BY BAIN (1904, P. 85): THE KECK BROTHERS PROSPECT, 50 FT DEEP, IN THE SW-NE-NE-SW-SW-33, AND THE NELLIE HENTON (CALLED WILLIE HINTON BY BAIN), IN THE SW-SW-NE-NE-SW-33-4N-13W. POWELL (1986, P. 22) MAPS THIS AREA AS MT. SHERIDAN GABBRO; POWELL (1986, P. 22) MAPS REGIONAL GEOLOGY, CITING PREVIOUS REFERENCES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Diabase Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Rock unit name Glen Mountains Layered Complex, Zones L And M
    Rock description Glen Mountains Layered Complex, Zones L And M
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.57618, 34.77593
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Glen Mountains Layered Complex Intrusive

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form DIKE
    Strike WNW
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 304.8M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diabase Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • POWELL (1986) DISCUSSES GEOLOGY. BAIN (1904, P. 84-85) AND VEEDER (1936) DISCUSS LOCAL 3 FT GREENSTONE DIABASE DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1903
Production years 1902-1903

Mining district

District name Meers District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REWORKED ORE COULD HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO POST OAK CONGLOMERATE OR HENNESSEY SHALE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings THREE BOYS CLAIM
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY LESS THAN 50 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H.F., 1904B, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 82-97 (P. 84-85).

  • Deposit

    POWELL, B.N., 1986, OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 21-52 (MAP, P. 22).

  • Deposit

    VEEDER, J.A., OCTOBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 842, OGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHLORITE, MAGNETITE, CALCITE, AND PYRITE ALSO OCCUR ALONG 3-FT GREENSTONE DIABASE DIKE, STRIKING 2N2 TO ESE.
Deposit LOCATED BY VEEDER (1936). DESCRIBED BY BAIN (1904, P. 84) WHO VISITED THE AREA IN OCTOBER 1903.

Reporter information

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

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