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Flat Top Mountain-6

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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021989
MRDS ID DE01786
Record type Site
Current site name Flat Top Mountain-6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.27398, 34.85177 (WGS84)
Elevation 646
Location accuracy 250(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 ABOUT 1.25 MI E. TO FOOT OF FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN., Acc To 400 Ft, Acc To 400 Ft, Acc To 400 Ft

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}004N 020W}020W 2 LOC. A}2 LOC. B NEAR CENTER OF SE OF NE OF SE OF NW {LOC A}; NEAR CENTER OF NW OF NW OF NW OF SE {LOC B} Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • WALK SSE TO TOP OF MOUNTAIN AND SLIGHTLY DOWN SE SIDE, ABOUT 2200 FT FROM ROAD TO LOC. A. WALK ANOTHER 1000 FT DOWNHILL SSE TO ABOUT ELEVATION 1650 FT. THESE ARE AZURITE-MALACHITE OCCURRENCES NOTED IN LUGERT GRANITE, IN 1936, BY RYAN AND WINNETT. THE LOCATIONS MAY NOT BE ACCURATE. LOC. B WAS MENTIONED BY MATTHEWS (1936, SHEET 3A) AND HALE (1981B, P. 313, 318, FOOTNOTE 64, LOC. 39), AND THAT THE PIT WAS DUG BETWEEN 1908 AND 1918.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.27398, 34.85177
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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

  • Hydrothermal Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COPPER MINERALS WERE FORMED FROM HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS IN VEINS IN LUGERT GRANITE. THE COPPER WAS REDEPOSITED IN THE PERMIAN SEA (HENNESSEY-EL RENO) AND INCORPORATED INTO ARKOSE AND WEATHERED GRANITE. THESE ARE ALIGNED NW-SE AND ARE PART OF A SERIES OF 9 OCCURRENCES SCATTERED ALONG A NW-SE LINE FOR ABOUT 1.5 MILES. POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958) DISCUSS THE GEOLOGY.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIANyLEONARDIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROPS AND PIT

Comments on development

  • MATTHEWS (1936) MENTIONED A PIT NW OF WISDOM CANYON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 313, 318, FOOTNOTE 64, LOC. 39).

  • Deposit

    MATTHEWS, T.B., MARCH 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 3A, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

    POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENG. THESIS, 87 P.

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, AND WINNETT, LESTER, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 2002, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST MENTIONED BY RYAN AND WINNETT (1936, SHEET 2002) AND MATTHEWS (1936, SHEET 3A), AND LATER BY HALE (1981B, LOC. 39).
Deposit OUTCROPS
Deposit Discovery Year: 1908-1918

Reporter information

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

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