| Deposit ID | 10022001 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01800 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Flat Top Mountain-10 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -99.27759, 34.8526 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 572 |
| 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 FOOT OF MOUNTAIN. WALK S. ABOUT 1400 FT, GOING UP HILL ABOUT 300 FT. |
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 | 020W | 2 | CENTER OF NW OF | Oklahoma |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| 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 | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| (1) | -99.27759, 34.8526 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wichita Mountains |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Lugert Granite Intrusive |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | VEINS |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| Year of first production | 1896 |
| Year of last production | 1936 |
| Production years | 1896-1936 |
| District name | Devils Canyon |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | UNNAMED PIT |
| Area | 1.012HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01800 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | OK-KIO-32 |
MERRITT, C.A., 1958, OGS, BULLETIN 76, 70 P
MATTHEWS, T.B., MARCH 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 3-A, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.
POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENGR. THESIS, 87 P.
RYAN, EBEN, AND VEEDER, J.A., OCTOBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 3, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.
RYAN, EBEN, AND WINNETT, LESTER, JUNE 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 2002, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.
RYAN, EBEN, JULY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-35, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NE-SW, STRIKE OF DIABASE DIKE. |
| Deposit | MATTHEWS (MARCH 1936) AND RYAN AND VEEDER (OCT. 1936) SHOW THIS IN C-NW-SEC. 2, WHERE A BASIC DIKE, STRIKING NE, INTERSECTS AN AZURITE-MALACHITE VEIN STRIKING SE. THIS MAY BE THE SAME AS 40-075-16, QUOTING RYAN AND WINNETT (JUNE 1936). SECTION CORNERS MAY HAVE BEEN MISLOCATED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-92 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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