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Roosevelt South

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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022010
MRDS ID DE01810
Record type Site
Current site name Roosevelt South

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.03008, 34.83621 (WGS84)
Elevation 454
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO W. OUT OF C. OF ROOSEVELT ABOUT 0.75 MI. GO S. ABOUT 0.8 MI, THE LAST 0.3 OF WHICH IS UNIMPROVED. WALK E. ABOUT 2000 FT TO SLIGHT GAP IN NNE RIDGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roosevelt(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 017W 7 NE OF SW OF NE OF SE OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ROMINE (1936) LOCATED THIS ON THE NE SLOPE OF A MORE ROUNDED MOUNTAIN, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 800-900 FT FARTHER NE, IN THE NE-NW-SW-NE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROMINE (1936) MENTIONED THAT A MINE SHAFT SAMPLE HAD A POSSIBILITY OF COPPER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anorthosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.03008, 34.83621
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Zone M Of Glen Mountains Layered Complex, Possibly Cut By Dikes

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form DIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dikes?

Comments on the geologic information

  • POWELL (1986) AND CHASE (1950A) DISCUSS THE GEOLOGY.

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 Cold Springs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SAMPLE FROM 10-FT SHAFT HAD COPPER MINERALS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on development

  • SHAFT ABOUT 10 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWELL, B.N., 1986, OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 21-52 (MAP, P. 22)

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROMINE, CHARLES, SEPTEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 470, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED BY ROMINE (1936, SHEET 470). MAPPED AS M ZONE OF GLEN MOUNTAINS LAYERED COMPLEX, OF ANORTHOSITE, ANORTHOSITIC GABBRO, AND TROCTOLITE, BY POWELL (1986).

Reporter information

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

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