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Twin Mountains-2

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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021985
MRDS ID DE01781
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Mountains-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.07564, 34.75816 (WGS84)
Elevation 436
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 4 MI W. OF MOUNTAIN PARK, THEN N. 1 MI, THEN W. 1 MI, THEN N. 1 MI, THEN W. 2 MI, THEN N. 2 MI TO W. END OF TWIN MOUNTAINS. GO W. ABOUT 0.3 MI. WALK N. ABOUT 1700 FT TO OLD SHAFT DUG IN 1908.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roosevelt(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 003N 018W 3 SE OF SE OF NW OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY SOMEPLACE ALONG THE CREEK, OR NEAR THE SHAFT, THE NOVACEKITE AND MALACHITE WERE SEEN IN RED SANDSTONE. HUANG (1956) SAID THAT IT WAS 0.5 MI NW OF TWIN MOUNTAINS. ATCHISON (JUNE 1936, SHEET 248) LOCATED THE SHAFT IN THE NW-NW-SE-SE OF SEC. 3, SE OF INTERSECTION OF TWO OLD ROADS AT LEVEL OF ROADS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Hennessey Group
    Rock description Hennessey Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Hennessey Group
    Rock description Hennessey Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.07564, 34.75816
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Bed Onlap Onto Twin Mountains

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form CAVITIES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY GROUND WATER HAS LEACHED COPPER AND URANIUM IONS FROM VEINS IN THE IGNEOUS ROCKS. COPPER AND URANIUM MINERALS WERE THEN FORMED FROM THESE SOLUTIONS UNDER A REDUCING ENVIRONMENT. GILBERT AND MYERS (1986, P. 108) HAVE GEOLOGIC MAP OF AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Walter T. Huang

Mining district

District name Mountain Park

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD PIT DUG BY A. WATSON IN 1908, IN SE-SE-NW-SE-3, IS MENTIONED BY RYAN (1936, LOC. 2). THIS MAY BE CLOSE TO HUANG'S LOCALITY. THE SHAFT WAS IN A 5 FT DIABASE DIKE CUTTING PINK GRANITE. HALE (1981B, P. 312, 318, MAP) MENTIONS THE OLD PIT (HIS LOC. 36). RYAN (1936) FOUND NOTHING OF VALUE.

Comments on development

  • OLD SHAFT DISCOVERED IN 1908

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUANG, W.T., 1956, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 41, P. 152-153.

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 312, 318, MAP).

  • Deposit

    ATCHISON, EDGAR, JUNE 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 248, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-22, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, M.C., AND MYERS, J.D., 1986, OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 107-116 (P. 108, MAP).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAVITIES IN RED-BROWN SANDSTONE.
Deposit LOCATION GIVEN BY HUANG (1956) AS 0.5 MI NW OF TWIN MOUNTAINS. MY LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE IS ON AN OLD SHALLOW PIT IN SE-SE-NW-SE-3-3N-18W, AS LOCATED BY RYAN (1936, WPA FILE, SHEET KR-22, LOC. 2) AND HALE (1981B, P. 312, 318, MAP, LOCALITY 36).

Reporter information

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

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