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Telephone Creek-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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022007
MRDS ID DE01807
Record type Site
Current site name Telephone Creek-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.84842, 34.75399 (WGS84)
Elevation 463
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO ABOUT 1.8 MI S. OF COOPERTON ON OKLAHOMA HWY. 54. TURN E. ABOUT 0.5 MI. WALK E. ABOUT 1400 FT ALONG SECTION LINE. ABOUT 200 FT S. OF SECTION LINE IS OLD MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooperton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawton(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 016W 11 NE OF NE OF NW OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ATCHISON (MAY 1936, SHEET 112) GIVES LOCATION. CHASE (1950B), STOCKTON (1984), AND POWELL (1986) MAPPED THE GEOLOGY. THE MINE IS IN A GABBRO DIKE, STRIKING N-S, CUTTING ZONE L OF THE GLEN MOUNTAINS LAYERED COMPLEX. THE ROCKS DIP ABOUT 13 DEGREES NE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anorthosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Rock unit name Glen Mountains Layered Complex, Zone L
    Rock description Glen Mountains Layered Complex, Zone L
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.84842, 34.75399
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Glen Mountains Layered Complex, Zone L, Dipping 13ne

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form DIKE
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gabbro Dikes Cutting Anorthosite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GABBRO DIKES CUT ANORTHOSITE BUT DO NOT CUT GRANITE, AND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OLDER THAN THE GRANITE BY STOCKTON (1984).

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 Oreana

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHASE, G.W., 1950B, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RAGGEDY MOUNTAINS, OGS PRELIMINARY MAP, SCALE 1:31,680.

  • Deposit

    POWELL, B.N., 1986), OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 21-52 (MAP).

  • Deposit

    ATCHISON, EDGAR, MAY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 112, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    STOCKTON, M.M., 1984, ARLINGTON, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, M.S. THESIS, 83 P. (MAP).

Reporter information

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

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