Whiskey Creek-3

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021947
MRDS ID DE01737
Record type Site
Current site name Whiskey Creek-3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.21644, 34.15901 (WGS84)
Elevation 288
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 2.4 MI W. OF HOOPER ON U.S. HWY. 70. OUTCROP ON N. SIDE OF ROAD AT ELEVATION 945 FT.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Cotton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 004S 010W 35 SE OF SW OF SW OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ANOTHER OUTCROP OCCURS ABOUT 1,500 FT FARTHER W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Ryan Sandstone
    Rock description Ryan Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.21644, 34.15901

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Beds Almost Flat, On Axis Of Waurika-Muenster Arch, Striking Nw-Se.

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW-SE
    Dip ALMOST FLAT
    Thickness 2.13M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEGEMANN (1915, P. 673) GIVES MEASURED SECTION, WITH 7 FT SANDSTONE WITH COPPER MINERALS. HAVENS (1977) GIVES RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer Wegemann, Carroll H.

Mining district

District name Hooper

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROP OF 7-FT SANDSTONE, WITH COPPER MINERALS.

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P. (P. 63, 102).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FATH, A.E., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 2, P. 140-150 (P. 142-143).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE IS NW-SE ALONG WAURIKA-MUENSTER ARCH
Deposit OUTCROP. OCCURS 1500 FT FARTHER W., AND ALONG SIDES OF WHISKEY CREEK AND IN RED RIVER BLUFFS TO S.
Deposit WEGEMANN (1915, P. 63, 102) AND FATH (1915, P. 142-143) DISCUSS GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. HAVENS (1977) HAS RECONNAISSANCE MAP OF AREA. WEGEMANN (1915, P. 63) MEASURED A 7-FT SANDSTONE WITH CONCRETIONS AND COPPER MINERALS, WITH ELEVATION OF 945 FT AT BASE, ON N. SIDE OF U.S. HWY. 70, ABOUT 2.4 MI W. OF HOOPER.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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