Stewart Mountain-2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022011
MRDS ID DE01811
Record type Site
Current site name Stewart Mountain-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.2912, 34.85788 (WGS84)
Elevation 463
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 0.5 MI E. WALK N. ABOUT 600 FT UP LOW RIDGE. THIS IS ABOUT 2000 FT NW OF STEWART MOUNTAIN.

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 005N 020W 34 CENTER OF N2 OF N2 OF SE OF SE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • A FEW TONS OF AZURITE AND MALACHITE OCCUR IN GRANITE, PROBABLY DUE TO HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, ACCORDING TO MERRITT, HAM, AND ANDERSON (1941). GEOLOGY BY POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958). LUGERT GRANITE IS BEDROCK.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.2912, 34.85788

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lugert Granite Intrusive With Hydrothermal Veins

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY HYDROTHERMAL VEINS CONCENTRATED COPPER MINERALS IN THE LUGERT GRANITE. POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958) DISCUSS THE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Merritt, C.A., Ham, W.E., And Anderson, K.

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A FEW TONS OF AZURITE AND MALACHITE NOTICED.

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY SEVERAL TONS OF COPPER CARBONATES ARE PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., HAM, W.E., AND ANDERSON, K., JULY 1941, OGS FILE, SHEET 0426, KIOWA CO.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED BY MERRITT, HAM, AND ANDERSON (1941, SHEET 0426) AND DESCRIBED AS BEING ON THE W. SIDE OF FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN.
Deposit SEVERAL TONS OF AZURITE AND MALACHITE WERE NOTICED.
Deposit NO WORKINGS. THE DEPOSIT COULD BE SCRAPED AND LEACHED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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