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Scott Ranch-1

Occurrence in Greer county in Oklahoma, United States with commodity Copper
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  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 10021963
MRDS ID DE01755
Record type Site
Current site name Scott Ranch-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.6076, 35.08148 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 7 MI W. OF U.S. HWY 283 FROM CORNER NE OF WILLOW. TURN N. ABOUT 1 MI ON UNIMPROVED ROAD. GO E. ABOUT 0.5 MI. WALK N. ABOUT 2000 FT TO HIGH BUTTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greer(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Greer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 007N 023W 15 SE OF SE OF SW OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • MEADOWS COPPER SHALE SHOULD BE ABOUT 25 FT BELOW HAYSTACK GYPSUM, ABOUT 6 INCHES THICK, BELOW KISER GYPSUM, ASSAYING AT 0.65% CU, IN FLOWERPOT SHALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCCURS OVER SEVERAL SQUARE MILES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.65% CU (SAMPLE C-23) FROM 6-INCH SHALE, OF MEADOWS COPPER SHALE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Kiser Gypsum Member Of 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 Meadows Copper Shale Bed Of Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Meadows Copper Shale Bed Of Flowerpot Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.6076, 35.08148
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Plainview Syncline, Striking E-W; Beds Are Almost Flat.

Ore body information

  • Name MEADOWS COPPER SHALE
    General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip ALMOST FLAT
    Thickness 0.15M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic; Possible Sabkha Deposit

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK UNIT NAME IS MEADOWS COPPER SHALE BED OF FLOWERPOT SHALE, ABOUT 25 FT BELOW TOP. ASSOCIATED ROCK UNIT NAME IS KISER GYPSUM MEMBER OF FLOWERPOT SHALE, JUST ABOVE MEADOWS BED. GEOLOGY BY MURPHEY (1958, P. 86-88).; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Stroud And Others (1970, P. 38)

Mining district

District name Haystack Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Scott Ranch

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MEADOWS COPPER SHALE, ABOUT 6 INCHES THICK

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 259.008HA

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 38)

  • Deposit

    MURPHEY, C.W., 1958, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 102 P. (P. 86-88)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 38) GIVES LOCATION AS NE-15-7N-23W. ALSO SW-11-7N-23W IS GIVEN, BUT THIS MUST BE A DIFFERENT BED.

Reporter information

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

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