| Deposit ID | 10021988 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01784 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Flat Top Mountain-4 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -99.27731, 34.85482 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 503 |
| 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 1.25 MI E. TO BASE OF FLAT TOP MTN., WALK SSE ABOUT 500 FT, GOING ABOUT 100 FT UPHILL, TO A 20-FT HOLE OPENED IN 1896 IN AZURITE AND MALACHITE IN LUGERT GRANITE. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oklahoma | Kiowa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian | 004N}004N}004N}004N | 020W}020W}020W}020W | 2 LOC. A}2 LOC. B}2 LOC. C}2 LOC. D | SW OF NW OF NE OF NW {LOC. A}; SE OF SE OF NW OF NE OF NW {LOC. B}; CENTER OF S2 OF NW OF NE OF NW {LOC. C}; CENTER OF W2 OF NW OF NE OF NW {LOC. D} | Oklahoma |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Lugert Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Lugert Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose |
| Rock unit name | Hennessey Group |
| Rock description | Hennessey Group |
| (1) | -99.27731, 34.85482 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wichita Mountains |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Lugert Granite Intrusive |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | VEINS |
| Strike | ENE |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Length | 22.86M |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| Discoverer | Bill Kennedy? Of Lugert |
| Year of first production | 1896 |
| Year of last production | 1896 |
| Production years | 1896 |
| District name | Devils Canyon |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. M. Aycock |
| Home office | Leveland, Tx. |
| First year | 1936 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Walter B. Stephens |
| Home office | President, Home State Bank, Hobart, Ok. |
| First year | 1936 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | UNNAMED LOC. A |
| Area | 2.024HA |
| Length | 6.1M |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Height | 1.83M |
| Overall depth | 1.83M |
| Overall length | 6.1M |
| Overall width | 1.83M |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | UNNAMED LOC. B |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01784 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | OK-KIO-16 |
MERRITT, C.A., 1958, OGS BULLETIN 76, 70 P
POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY 0F OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENGR. THESIS, 87 P.
RYAN, EBEN, AND WINNETT, LESTER, JUNE 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 2002, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS WITH MALACHITE AND AZURITE CAN BE FOUND A MILE OR MORE TO THE ENE AND TO THE SE, ACCORDING TO RYAN AND WINNETT (1936). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-92 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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