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Flat Top 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021982
MRDS ID DE01778
Record type Site
Current site name Flat Top Mountain-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.27815, 34.8576 (WGS84)
Elevation 469
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 1.3 MI NE ON OKLAHOMA HWY 44 FROM ENTRANCE TO QUARTZ MOUNTAIN STATE PARK LODGE; GO SSE ON ROAD ALONG E. SIDE OF KING MTN. FOR ABOUT 1 MI TO "LOVER'S GAP" IN SE SPUR OF KING MTN., FOLLOWING A TRAIL ROAD THROUGH THE GAP S. AND SW FOR ABOUT 0.2 MI, WALK S. ABOUT 1300 FT, CROSSING A SMALL CREEK ABOUT HALF WAY, TO PROMINENT SPUR OF FLAT TOP MTN. GRANITE ARKOSE WITH AZURITE AND MALACHITE IS ON S. SIDE OF SPUR.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Kiowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 005N 020W 35 CENTER OF N2 OF SW OF NE OF SW OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ALTERNATIVELY, GO 0.35 MI SSE ON OKLAHOMA HWY 44 FROM ENTRANCE TO QUARTZ MOUNTAIN STATE PARK LODGE TO ROAD ON N. SIDE OF NORTH FORK RIVER. GO 0.9 MI SE TO NEAR S. QUARTER CORNER OF SEC. 34; FOLLOW SECTION LINE ROAD E. FOR ABOUT 1.25 MI E., IF POSSIBLE, CROSSING A SMALL POND DAM AT ABOUT 0.9 MI E. OF S. QUARTER COR. SEC. 34. ROAD ENDS AT FLAT TOP MTN. WALK N. ABOUT 900 FT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Granite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Lugert Granite;Hennessey Group
    Rock description Lugert Granite;Hennessey Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.27815, 34.8576
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins In Granite, Weathered

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY HYDROTHERMAL VEINS IN LUGERT GRANITE CARRIED COPPER. THE COPPER MINERALS WERE REWORKED IN HENNESSEY SEA AND INCORPORATED WITH GRANITE ARKOSE. THE ARKOSE WAS OXIDIZED, FORMING CLAY MINERALS AND AZURITE AND MALACHITE. POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958) DISCUSS GEOLOGY.

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 Private

Workings at the site

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

Comments on development

  • FIRST MENTIONED BY POLK (1948, MAP). LATER BY MERRITT (1958, MAP) AND NICHOLS (1968, P. 5, MAP).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.L., 1958, OGS BULLETIN 76, 70 P. (MAP)

  • Deposit

    NICHOLS, C.R., 1968, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 140 P. (P. 5, MAP).

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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