Hardin Prospect-2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021934
MRDS ID DE01725
Record type Site
Current site name Hardin Prospect-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.57091, 34.76149 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 2.3 MI S. OF MEERS ON OK HWY 115. TURN E. ON NE-TRENDING ROAD FOR ABOUT 0.8 MI TO SECOND SHARP TURN E. GO E. ABOUT 0.15 MI TO 90 FT HILL ON N. SIDE. WALK ABOUT 500 FT N. TO N. SIDE OF HILL.

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)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Comanche

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 003N 013W 4 NE OF SW OF SE OF SW OF NE Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WOODRUFF (1904, P. 26) MENTIONED THAT A 25-FT SHAFT OF DR. HARDIN ASSAYED ABOUT 20 LBS OF COPPER (PER TON? OF ORE), IN A SHAFT NEAR THE LOST LEAD, WHICH POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN THIS SHAFT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Mt. Sheridan Gabbro
    Rock description Mt. Sheridan Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt. Sheridan Gabbro Cut By A Diabase Dike

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form DIABASE DIKE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diabase Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • POWELL (1986) DISCUSSES THE GEOLOGY WITH REFERENCES TO EARLIER LITERATURE. THIS COPPER COULD HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PERMIAN RED BEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer Dr. S.J. Hardin?
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1904
Production years 1902-1904?

Mining district

District name Meers District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. S. J. Hardin?

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS COPPER COULD HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE RED BEDS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNKNOWN
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on development

  • BURK (1936) MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS WORKED IN THE EARLY 1900'S TO 15 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOODRUFF, E.G., 1904, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, 3RD BIENNIAL REPORT, P. 23-36 (P. 26).

  • Deposit

    POWELL, B.N., 1986, OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 21-52 (MAP, P. 22, 37).

  • Deposit

    BURKE, J.M., NOVEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 850, OGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE AND QUARTZ ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIKE.
Deposit BURK (1936, SHEET 850) LOCATED THIS PROSPECT. IT WAS 15 FT DEEP, AND WAS A QUARTZITE DIKE IN GABBRO WITH CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN DUG BY DR. S.J. HARDIN, BEING ABOUT 1,600 FT SE OF THE LOST LEAD MINE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN THE COPPER PROSPECT OF WOODRUFF (1904, P. 26), DUG TO 26 FT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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