Flat Top Mountain-7

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091726
MRDS ID DE01788
Record type Site
Current site name Flat Top Mountain-7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.26926, 34.84593 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO N. OF OLD LUGERT STATION AND CHURCH ON OKLAHOMA HWY 44 0.3 MI. TURN E. 2.1 MI. TURN S. 3 MI. FOLLOW ROAD S., JOGGING W. SEVERAL TIMES, FOR ABOUT 2.5 MI. TURN W. 1 MI. FOLLOW UNIMPROVED ROAD NW 0.35 MI TO WHERE SOLDIERS PEAK IS NEAR THE NORTH FORK RIVER. FOLLOW TRAIL ROAD N. AND NNW FOR 0.75 MI TO WHERE IT BRANCHES. GO WEST ABOUT 0.3 MI, CROSSING CREEK, TO ABANDONED HOUSES. WALK WESTWARD ABOUT 1000 FT TO POND. WALK N. OF N. END OF POND, ABOUT 600 FT, TO LOC. B. WALK ABOUT 2000 FT NW TO LOC A, GOING UP ABOUT 350 FT TO TOP OF RIDGE, AND THEN DOWN ABOUT 250 FT IN ELEVATION., Acc To 400 Ft, Acc To 400 Ft, Acc To 400 Ft

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 004N}004N 020W}020W 2 LOC. A}2 LOC. B CENTER OF S2 OF SE OF SE OF NW OF SE {LOC A}; CENTER OF SE OF SE OF SE OF SE {LOC B} Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATIONS BY RYAN AND WINNETT (1936) MAY NOT BE ACCURATE. YOU MAY HAVE TO SEARCH FOR THE VEINS. THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN A LINE NW-SE WITH ABOUT 7 OTHER AZURITE-MALACHITE OCCURRENCES. RYAN AND VEEDER (1936, SHEET NO. 3) SHOW LOCATION AND ANALYSES OF AZURITE AND MALACHITE AT LOC. B.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result 25.13% CUCO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Reformatory Granite
    Rock description Reformatory Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Hennessey Group
    Rock description Hennessey Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.26926, 34.84593

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Reformatory Granite Intrusive

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form VEINS REWORKED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COPPER MINERALS IN VEINS IN THE GRANITE WERE REWORKED BY PERMIAN SEAS AND INCORPORATED INTO THE HENNESSEY ARKOSE. GEOLOGY IS BY POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, AND VEEDER, J.A., OCTOBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 3, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, AND WINNETT, LESTER, JUNE 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 2002, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST MENTIONED BY RYAN AND WINNETT (1936).
Deposit OUTCROP

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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