| Deposit ID | 10021946 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01736 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Whiskey Creek-2 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.18839, 34.17345 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 283 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | GO 1 MI N. OF HOOPER, FROM U.S. HWY. 70. TURN W. ABOUT 0.8 MI, TO OUTCROP ALONG ROAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cotton(county)
Oklahoma(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hooper(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oklahoma | Cotton |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian | 004S | 009W | 31 | NW OF NE OF NW OF NW | Oklahoma |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sandstone | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Ryan Sandstone |
| Rock description | Ryan Sandstone |
| (1) | -98.18839, 34.17345 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Flat, Almost Upon Waurika-Muenster Arch, Striking Nw-Se |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1913 |
| Discoverer | Wegemann, Carroll H. |
| District name | Hooper |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01736 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | OK-COT-11 |
WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P. (P. 71, 102).
HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE SANDSTONE HAS MANGANESE CONCRETIONS, WHICH ALSO HAVE CHALCOCITE AND MALACHITE. |
| Deposit | OUTCROP |
| Deposit | WEGEMANN (1915, P. 71, 102) LOCATES COPPER NW-31-4S-9W, WITH MEASURED SECTION ALONG ROAD ON N. SIDE, WITH A 3 FT SS. ABOUT 1000 FT E. OF THE NW CORNER, WITH ELEVATION OF 927 FT AT BASE. HAVENS (1977) APPROXIMATELY HAS THIS AS OSCAR FM., BUT PROBABLY IS RYAN SS. JUST ABOVE OSCAR. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1992 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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