Last Drive Claim

Past Producer in Kiowa county in Oklahoma, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10022009
MRDS ID DE01809
Record type Site
Current site name Last Drive Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.92786, 34.83649 (WGS84)
Elevation 453
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 5.2 MI E. OF ROOSEVELT ON OKLAHOMA HWY. 19, THEN 1 MI S., THEN S. 0.25 MI TO GLEN CREEK. WALK ABOUT 1400 FT ESE ALONG CREEK, AND SHAFT SHOULD BE ON S. SIDE OF CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glen Mountains(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 004N 016W 7 SE OF SE OF NE OF SW OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • MAYES (1947, P. 9-10) GIVES LOCATION. CHASE (1950A) AND SPENCER (1961) DISCUSS THE GEOLOGY. BAIN (1904, P. 89, SAMPLE W-71) MENTIONS THAT COPPER OCCURRED IN THIS PROSPECT PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BAIN (1904, P. 89, SAMPLE W-71) MENTIONS POSSIBLE COPPER CONTENT. CHASE (1950A, P. 44-48) MENTIONS VEINS NEARBY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Troctolite
    Rock unit name Zone G, Glen Mountains Layered Complex
    Rock description Zone G, Glen Mountains Layered Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Wichita Granite Group
    Rock description Wichita Granite Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.92786, 34.83649

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Glen Mountains Layered Complex, Zone G, Intruded By Granite

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form VEINS
    Width 0.04M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHASE (1950A) AND SPENCER (1961) DISCUSS GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer ? Capt. Andrew Jackson Meers
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1902
Production years 1901-1902?

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings LAST DRIVE CLAIM
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on development

  • MEERS COLLECTED SAMPLES FOR BAIN (1904, P. 89, SAMPLE W-71).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H.F., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 82-97 (P. 89)

  • Deposit

    CHASE, G.W., 1950A, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    MAYES, J.W., 1947, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 87 P. (P. 9-10).

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, A.B., 1961, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 46 P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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