Jester West-1

Occurrence in Greer 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 10021959
MRDS ID DE01751
Record type Site
Current site name Jester West-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.77482, 35.02398 (WGS84)
Elevation 530
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 0.5 MI N. OF JESTER. TURN W. 4.5 MI. GO N. ABOUT 0.4 MI TO ABANDONED HOUSES. POSSIBLY 800 FT OR MORE N. OF HOUSES, IN RAVINE?

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greer(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minnow Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clinton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elm Fork Red(hydrologic unit)

North Fork Red(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Greer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 006N 024W 6 SE OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • TOTTEN AND FAY (1982, LOC. 52) GIVE A SUMMARY. EDWARDS (1958, MEASURED SECTION 2) GIVES GEOLOGY. MURPHEY (1958) GIVES GEOLOGY ON N. SIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) Flowerpot Shale

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip To Sw Less Than 30 Ft/Mi

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike WNW
    Dip SW LESS THAN 30 FT/MI
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY EDWARDS (1958) AND MURPHEY (1958). THE COPPER PROBABLY OCCURS ABOUT 170 FT BELOW THE HAYSTACK GYPSUM.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Production years BEFORE 1953

Mining district

District name Jester

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Ok Sandy Sanders State Wildlife Management Area, Ok State Parks And Tourism Dept.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY NEW HORIZON OF COPPER IN FLOWERPOT SHALE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings JESTER COPPER DIGGINGS
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on the workings information

  • HISTORY UNKNOWN IN 1953.

Comments on development

  • ROSE (1953) SAID THAT THE PROPERTY NAME WAS THE JESTER COPPER DIGGINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GEOLOGIC MAP 25 (GM-25), 16 P. (LOC. 52)

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS, J.D., 1958, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 96 P.

  • Deposit

    MURPHEY, C.W., 1958, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 102 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSE, ARTHUR, 1953, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT D-745, 2 P. (JANUARY 24, 1953).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROSE (1953) GAVE FIRST REPORT. MALACHITE AND AZURITE IN MIDDLE FLOWERPOT SHALE, ABOUT 170 FT BELOW HAYSTACK GYPSUM. THE LOCATION IS GIVEN AS JESTER COPPER DIGGINGS IN NW-6-6N-24W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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