Temple East-1

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021940
MRDS ID DE01730
Record type Site
Current site name Temple East-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.19866, 34.26679 (WGS84)
Elevation 308
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO SE OF TEMPLE ABOUT 0.5 MI ON OK HWY. 5, TO SECTION LINE ROAD. GO E. ABOUT 1.6 MI. WALK N. ABOUT 2150 FT TO WESTERN SHAFT. THE EASTERN SHAFT IS ABOUT 400 FT TO THE E. ON SW SIDE OF A LOW RIDGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cotton(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burkburnett(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Farmers-Mud(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 Cotton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 003S 010W 25 CENTER OF W2 OF W2 OF SE OF NW OF NW OF SE Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABOUT A TON OF CONCENTRATED ORE WAS ESTIMATED TO EXIST OVER AN ACRE OR MORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 26.35% CU
Result 32.98% CUO
Result 45.83% CUCO3.CU(OH)2, FROM PICKED SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Garber Sandstone Or Addington Formation
    Rock description Garber Sandstone Or Addington Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.19866, 34.26679

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Low Monoclinal Dip To Ne, About 10 Ft/Mi Off Waurika-Muenster Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 10 FT/MI NE.
    Depth to top 0M

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 Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Year of first production 1936
Year of last production 1936
Production years 1936?

Mining district

District name Waurika District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS AREA MAY COVER 20 ACRES OR MORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings TWO SHAFTS
    Area 8.094HA

Comments on development

  • ABOUT A TON OF ORE CONCENTRATE COULD BE DUG HERE, ACCORDING TO DOTT, MERRITT, AND HAM (1940); (ON SHEET 112 OF TROUT (1936)).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6

  • Deposit

    TROUT, L.R., MARCH 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, COTTON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 112; OGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MALACHITE, AZURITE, CHALCOCITE, AND FOSSIL WOOD IN MUDSTONE CONGLOMERATE.
Deposit TROUT (1936) GIVES LOCATION OF TWO SHAFTS ACTIVELY BEING WORKED IN 1936, ABOUT 2.0 MI E. OF TEMPLE. MALACHITE, AZURITE, CHALCOCITE, AND FOSSIL WOOD FOUND.
Deposit TWO SHAFTS WERE BEING WORKED IN MARCH 1936.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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