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Wild Horse Creek

Occurrence in Payne 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022047
MRDS ID DE01860
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Horse Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.12253, 36.00258 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 7.2 MI S. OF STILLWATER ON U.S. HWY. 177, THEN 4 MI W., AND 0.85 MI S. TO ROAD CUT ON WEST SIDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Payne(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stillwater South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Payne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 018N 002E 30 E2 OF E2 OF E2 OF NE OF SE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • GIVEN AS SEC. 30 ONLY BY HEINE, 1975, P. 15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Sumner Group
    Rock description Sumner Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.12253, 36.00258
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Low Monoclinal Westward Dip About 0.5w.

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form CHANNEL

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHELTON AND OTHERS (1985) GIVE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stillwater Sw

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHELTON, J.W., ROSS, J.S., GARDEN, A.J., AND FRANKS, J.L., 1985, OGS BULLETIN 137, 85 P

  • Deposit

    HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 14-15)

Reporter information

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

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