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Miller Prospect

Past Producer in Jefferson 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 10021969
MRDS ID DE01762
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.082, 34.13456 (WGS84)
Elevation 283
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO ABOUT 2.35 MI W. OF WAURIKA ON U.S. HWY 70. GO ABOUT 2.75 MI SW ON OK HWY 79 TO SLIGHT W. TURN IN HIGHWAY. GO ABOUT 0.2 MI FARTHER SW ON HWY 79.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waurika West(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 005S 008W 7 SE OF SW OF SW OF NE OF SW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 200 FT S. OF HWY IS A 30-FT RAVINE WITH A 0.5 M BED OF MALACHITE BELOW A LIMY LAYER, ABOVE RED BROWN SHALE. THIS WOULD BE IN THE RYAN SANDSTONE BED AT THE BASE OF THE CLAYPOOL OR WELLINGTON FORMATION. THE ASSAY WAS 8.48% CUCO3 AND 6.10% CUO. BRANSON, BURWELL, AND CHASE (1955, P. 7) MENTION THIS OCCURRENCE AS A RADIOACTIVE SANDSTONE, 0.5-1.5 FT THICK. THEY SAID THAT THE BED COULD BE TRACED SOUTHWARD TO THE BLUFF OVERLOOKING THE RED RIVER. WEGEMANN (1915, P. 92, 95, 102) DISCUSSED GEOLOGY OF AREA, MENTIONING THE COPPER DEPOSITS. CHASE (1954, P. 1) ALSO MENTIONS THIS DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 8.48% CUCO3
Result 6.1% CUO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
    Rock description Wellington Formation Or Claypool 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 > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Ryan Sandstone Of Wellington Formation
    Rock description Ryan Sandstone Of Wellington Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.082, 34.13456
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENS
    Strike NW
    Dip 0.1 DEGREES NE
    Thickness 0.01M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • BUNN (1930) AND HAVENS (1977) DISCUSS THE GEOLOGY. WEGEMANN (1915, P. 92, 95, 102) DISCUSSES THE GEOLOGY AND MENTIONED THE COPPER MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer Wegemann, Carroll H.
Year of first production 1934
Year of last production 1934
Production years 1934?

Mining district

District name Waurika District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U. C. Miller (Who Lived 0.25 Mi W.)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BRANSON, BURWELL, AND CHASE (1955, P. 7) SAID THAT THE SANDSTONE COULD B E TRACED SOUTHWARD TO THE BLUFFS IN THE RED RIVER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on development

  • AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO MINE THIS IN THE EARLY 1930'S, ACCORDING TO MR. MILLER, BUT THE PROSPECTORS LATER GAVE UP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 7).

  • Deposit

    BUNN, J.R., 1930, OGS BULLETIN 40-PP, 45 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P. (P. 92, 95, 102).

  • Deposit

    CHASE, G.W., 1954, OGS MINERAL REPORT 26, 8 P. (P. 1).

  • Deposit

    BERGEN, LEONARD, FEBRUARY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, JEFFERSON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 7, OGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BERGEN (1936) SHOWS LOCATION AND MENTIONED THAT U.C. MILLER, WHO LIVED ABOUT 0.25 MI W., SAID THAT SOMEONE HAD ATTEMPTED TO MINE THE AREA A FEW YEARS EARLIER.
Deposit OUTCROP ABOVE BASE OF CREEK A FEW FEET.

Reporter information

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

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