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Flat Top Mountain-3

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 10021987
MRDS ID DE01783
Record type Site
Current site name Flat Top Mountain-3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.2837, 34.85316 (WGS84)
Elevation 469
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 0.35 MI SW OF ENTRANCE TO QUARTZ MTN. STATE PARK LODGE ROAD ON OKLAHOMA HWY. 44 TO ROAD ON SE SIDE OF HIGHWAY, N. OF NORTH FORK BRIDGE. GO ABOUT 0.9 MI SE, THEN 0.9 MI E. TO OLD TRAIL ROAD S. GO ABOUT 0.25 MI SSW FOLLOWING CREEK. WALK ABOUT 400 FT E. TO BASE OF MOUNTAIN.

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 004N 020W 3 CENTER OF E2 OF SW OF SE OF NE OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • POLK (1948, P. 36, MAP) WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO SHOW THE GEOLOGY AND THE PIT. ATCHISON (1936, SHEET 292) PROBABLY SAMPLED THE SAME PROSPECT, BUT HIS GRID SHEET SEEMS TO BE OFF BY A QUARTER MILE OR MORE. MERRITT (1958, MAP) SHOWS THE GEOLOGY AND PIT, FOLLOWING POLK. WILSON (1976, P. 111-127) GIVES A HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF AREA, SHOWING THAT MINING WAS KNOWN IN AREA SINCE 1765, AND THAT THE OLD SANTA FE-NATCHITOCHES TRAIL FOLLOWED THE NORTH FORK THROUGH THIS AREA. HALE (1981B, P. 310, 317, FOOTNOTE 45) ALSO LISTS THIS PROSPECT, QUOTING ATCHISON (1936). NICHOLS (1968, P. 5, 78) WROTE HALF OF HIS THESIS ON THIS AREA, AND HAS PICTURES. SIBLEY (1805), MALEY (1811-1813), COCKRELL (1892), AND CUMMINS (1892) DESCRIBED MINING IN THIS GENERAL REGION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BROGDEN SAID THAT 200 ASSAYS WERE RUN, VARYING FROM 2-14% CU, AND 2 DOLLARS OF AG PER TON OF ROCK. HE WAS FROM MULE SHOE, TEXAS, AND SAID THAT ABOUT 100,000 TONS WAS AVAILABLE. R.J. VANDERSLICE, 1104 W. 12TH ST., SULPHUR, OK, COLLECTED THE SAMPLES FOR BROGDEN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Analytical data

Result 12.76% CUCO3 - SAMPLE 292-1
Result 0.07-2.73% CUO OF NICHOLS (1968, P. 107-110)
Result 7.59% CU BY BROGDEN (1942). (AVERAGE 0.35%)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.2837, 34.85316
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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 SHEET
    Strike N60-70W VEIN
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 5.49M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY HYDROTHERMAL VEINS IN LUGERT GRANITE WERE WEATHERED, AND THE COPPER WAS INCORPORATED INTO PERMIAN ARKOSE (HENNESSEY). POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958) DISCUSS THE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Production years BEFORE 1936

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CU, 100,000 TONS, 1942, 2-14% CU. THIS AREA MAY HAVE BEEN WORKED SINCE THE 1700'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 10.118HA
    Length 21.34M
    Width 15.24M
    Height 5.49M
    Overall depth 6.4M
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS DEPTH BELOW SURFACE 0-12 FT BY BROGDEN. THE AREA WAS PROBABLY SCRAPED AFTER BEING PICKED.

Comments on development

  • SPANISH MINERS FROM SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE WORKED IN THIS AREA IN THE 1700'S. A JOSE MARTINEZ (1858) WAS IN AREA WITH 3 OLD SPANISH MINERS. THE SANTA FE-NATCHITOCHES TRAIL FOLLOWED THE NORTH FORK THROUGH THIS AREA. GREER CO. WAS IN TEXAS ON S. SIDE OF RIVER IN 1800'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 310, 317, FOOTNOTE 45).

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURE AND TREASURE TALES, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 325 P. (P. 111-127 - DEVILS CANYON).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SIBLEY, JOHN, 1805, U.S. CONGRESS, AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, V. 5, CLASS 2, INDIAN AFFAIRS, DOCUMENTS FROM 1ST TO 13TH SESSION, 1789-1815, BY WALTER LOWRIE AND MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE (1832), P. 725-731. (P. 730-731 GIVE FIRSTHAND BREVEL ACCOUNT OF MINING IN WICHITA MTNS., 1765.)

  • Deposit

    COCKRELL, S.N., 1892, THE UNITED STATES VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS: AUSTIN, TEXAS, V. 2, P. 1347-1356. (GREER CO. DISPUTE; DEPOSITION) (HE WAS IN AREA IN 1833 AND SAW MINERS WORKING IN DEVILS CANYON AREA.)

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1892, THE UNITED STATES VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS: AUSTIN, V. 2, P. 965-985.

  • Deposit

    ATCHISON, EDGAR, JULY 2, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 292, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

    NICHOLS, CLAYTON, 1968, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 140 P. (P. 5, 78, FIG. 10, PL. 6 - PICTURES).

  • Deposit

    POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENG. THESIS, 87 P. (P. 36, MAP).

  • Deposit

    MALEY, JOHN, 1810-1813, JOURNAL - RED RIVER COUNTRY; YALE UNIV., MANUSCRIPT 450, 176 P. (SAW DIGGINGS IN DEVILS CANYON AREA.)

  • Deposit

    BROGDEN, O.D., OCTOBER 1942, OGS SHEET 0608, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT THICKNESS 15 FT BY BROGDEN. ATCHISON (1936) ESTIMATED THAT 540,000 CUBIC YARDS WERE AVAILABLE FOR MINING OR LEACHING. BROGDEN (1942) ESTIMATED 100,000 TONS OF AZURITE AND MALACHITE.
Deposit THIS REGION WAS VISITED BY BREVEL (1765) AND MALEY (1812) WHO REPORTED MINING ACTIVITIES NEARBY. IN 1833, SIMON N. COCKRELL SAW MINERS WORKING IN AREA. IN 1896, BILL KENNEDY AND OTHERS WORKED IN THE AREA. IN 1902, FRANK LUGERT WAS IN THE AREA. MR. A. HYMER WORKED IN THE AREA FOR 16 YEARS AROUND 1903-1919. LEE WINTERS FAMILY LIVED IN AREA SINCE 1880'S.
Deposit BROGDEN (1942) SAID THAT 200 ASSAYS HAVE BEEN RUN ON THIS DEPOSIT, SHOWING 2-14% CU AND 2 DOLLARS OF SILVER PER TON OF ROCK. HE SAID THAT ABOUT 100,000 TONS WAS AVAILABLE. HIS SAMPLE WAS ABOUT 7.59% CU. HE WAS FROM MULE SHOE, TEXAS. MR. OAKES SAID THAT BROGDEN'S LOCATION WAS OFF AND SHOULD BE IN SEC. 3 INSTEAD OF 2.

Reporter information

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

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