Liming Prospect

Occurrence in Garfield 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094847
MRDS ID DE01743
Record type Site
Current site name Liming Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.99756, 36.55868 (WGS84)
Elevation 379
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 0.5 MI W. OF HILLSDALE. TURN S. 0.45 MI. WALK ABOUT 200 FT W. OF ROAD, IN RAVINE AREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ponca City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt Fork Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 024N 008W 13 SE OF SE OF SE OF NE Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER MAY BE SPORADIC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Salt Plains Formation
    Rock description Salt Plains Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Crisfield Bed Of Salt Plains Formation
    Rock description Crisfield Bed Of Salt Plains Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.99756, 36.55868

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Westward Dip, Less Than 30 Ft/Mile

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip <30 FT/MI W.
    Length 1.83M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 18.9M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound, Reducing Environment

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CRISFIELD SANDSTONE IS ABOUT 70 FT BELOW BASE OF BISON FORMATION AND IS SEVERAL FEET THICK. IT IS GREENISH GRAY AND CONTAINS MUCH SILTSTONE. BINGHAM AND BERGMAN (1980) GIVE GEOLOGY OF AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921
Discoverer Mr. Liming Or Laming

Mining district

District name Hillsdale

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Liming (Or Laming)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAY BE SPORADIC OCCURRENCES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings LIMING PROSPECT
    Area 0.405HA
    Length 1.83M
    Width 1.83M
    Overall depth 18.9M

Comments on the workings information

  • NOW MOSTLY FILLED IN.

Comments on development

  • THIS WAS ACTIVELY BEING DUG IN 1921 FOR COPPER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BINGHAM, R.H., AND BERGMAN, D.L., 1980, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 7, ENID SHEET.

  • Deposit

    REITER, A.F., 1921, OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, PROCEEDINGS, V. 1, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    DOTT, ROBERT, AND MERRITT, C.A., JULY 19, 1940, OGS SHEET 358, GARFIELD CO., OKLAHOMA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CRISFIELD IS VERY PERMEABLE, AND POSSIBLY IT IS A CONDUIT FOR DESCENDING COPPER SOLUTIONS.
Deposit DOTT AND MERRITT (1940) GIVE INFORMATION. REITER (1921, P. 67) GIVES EARLY INFORMATION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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