Waurika West-1

Occurrence in Jefferson 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 10021970
MRDS ID DE01764
Record type Site
Current site name Waurika West-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.05116, 34.16179 (WGS84)
Elevation 279
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 3 MI W. OF WAURIKA ON U.S. HWY 70; TURN N. ABOUT 0.2 MI; WALK E. ABOUT 300 FT, ON S. SIDE OF HILL, N. OF CREEK.

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)

Northern Beaver(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 004S 008W 33 SE OF NW OF NW OF SW OF SW Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

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) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early 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) Oscar Group

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 10 FT/MI TO NE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY BUNN (1930) AND HAVENS (1977)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Production years EARLY 1930'S?

Mining district

District name Waurika District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MALACHITE. THE LOCATION MAY NOT BE CORRECT, AND THE AREA SHOULD BE CHECKED NEARBY. POSSIBLY THE RYAN SANDSTONE, ABOVE, HAS COPPER MINERALS.

Workings at the site

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    BERGEN, LEONARD, FEBRUARY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, JEFFERSON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 9, OGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MALACHITE IN LENTICULAR SANDSTONES AND SHALES
Deposit LOCATED BY BERGEN (1936, SHEET 9). MALACHITE DUG BEFORE 1936.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1930'S?

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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