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King Mountain-1

Occurrence in Kiowa 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021981
MRDS ID DE01777
Record type Site
Current site name King Mountain-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.29148, 34.87371 (WGS84)
Elevation 655
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO ON OKLAHOMA HWY 44 ABOUT 1.3 MI NE FROM ENTRANCE TO QUARTZ MOUNTAIN STATE PARK LODGE ROAD; TURN S. AT S. END OF LAKE ALTUS AND GO SSE ABOUT 0.2 MI TO WHERE ROAD BEGINS TO CLIMB A SMALL HILL, AT ELEVATION 1640 FT. WALK UP KING MOUNTAIN WESTWARD FOR ABOUT 1800 FT TO ELEVATION 2150.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blair(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Altus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower North 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 Kiowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 005N 020W 27 SE OF NW OF NE OF SE OF SE Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lugert Granite;El Reno Group
    Rock description Lugert Granite;El Reno Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.29148, 34.87371
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lugert Granite Intrusion

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein?

Comments on the geologic information

  • POLK (1948, MAP) FIRST SHOWED THIS PROSPECT PIT ON A MAP. NO DISCUSSION IS GIVEN. IF THIS COPPER WAS BEING WEATHERED IN PERMIAN TIME, THIS DEPOSIT COULD HAVE BEEN A SOURCE FOR COPPER IN FLOWERPOT-DUNCAN-SAN ANGELO SEAS. MERRITT (1958) SHOWS GEOLOGY OF AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category State Park
Area name Quartz Mountain State Park, Oklahoma Dept. Of Parks And Recreation

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OLD PROSPECT PIT, POSSIBLY COPPER.

Workings at the site

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.L., 1958, OGS BULLETIN 76, 70 P

  • Deposit

    POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENGR., 87 P. (MAP)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 1300 FT NNE OF HIGHEST TOP OF MOUNTAIN (ELEVATION 2411 FT)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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