Sentinel South-1

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 10022015
MRDS ID DE01816
Record type Site
Current site name Sentinel South-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.16981, 35.1112 (WGS84)
Elevation 477
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 3 MI S. OF SENTINEL ON OKLAHOMA HWY. 44. TURN E. 0.5 MI. GO S. ABOUT 0.4 MI. WALK W. ABOUT 1000 FT TO OUTCROPS ALONG GULLY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cambridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clinton(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 007N 019W 2 CENTER OF W2 OF SE OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED BY K.S. JOHNSON BETWEEN 1962 AND 1964.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.16981, 35.1112

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blaine Dips About 2 Degrees 30' N.

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 2 DEGREES 30' N.

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MALACHITE OCCURS ABOUT 35 FT BELOW THE HAYSTACK GYPSUM. JOHNSON (1962, MEASURED SEC. 2) GIVES DETAILS.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Discoverer Kenneth Johnson

Mining district

District name Sentinel District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MALACHITE IN FLOWERPOT SHALE, ABOUT 35 FT BELOW HAYSTACK GYPSUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAM, W.E., AND JOHNSON, K.S., 1964, OGS CIRCULAR 64, 32 P.

  • Deposit

    CARR, J.E., AND BERGMAN, D.L., 1976, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 5, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, K.S., 1962, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 99 P. (P. 86-87, MEASURED SEC. 2)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP
Deposit HAM AND JOHNSON (1964, P. 10) MENTION COPPER MINERALS OCCUR IN UPPER FLOWERPOT AS FAR NE AS THE SENTINEL AREA, NEAR WASHITA-KIOWA CO. LINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.