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Kiowa Copper Company Prospect

Past Producer in Kiowa 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. Alteration
  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 10098090
MRDS ID DE01769
Record type Site
Current site name Kiowa Copper Company Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.91869, 34.82843 (WGS84)
Elevation 462
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 6.2 MI E. OF ROOSEVELT ON OKLAHOMA HWY 19, THEN 2 MI S., THEN ABOUT 0.25 MI W. WALK N. ABOUT 500 FT TO SE CORNER OF LOW HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glen Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawton(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}004N 016W}016W}016W 7}7}7 SW OF NW OF SW OF SE OF SE; NE OF NW OF NW; NW OF NE OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION OF LOC. A IS GIVEN ABOVE; FOR LOCS. B AND C ELEVATION IS 1490 FT. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE FOR LOC. A ARE GIVEN ABOVE; FOR LOC. B THEY ARE 34-50-01N AND 099-55-18W; FOR LOC. C THEY ARE 34-50-02N AND 99-55-14W. RODEBUSH (1936, SHEET 425) LOCATES LOC. A AS AN 8-FT STRATUM UNDER 4 FT OF OVERBURDEN. BAIN (1904, P. 89) LOCATED THE SHAFT AND DUMPS IN SE-7, IN DECAYED GABBRO COUNTRY ROCK, BUT NO DETAILS WERE GIVEN. RODEBUSH (1936) HAS 2 MORE LOCATIONS IN 7, IN THE NE-NW-NW-SE (LOC. B) AND IN THE NW-NE-NW-SE (LOC. C). LOC. B WAS AN 8-FT STRATUM UNDER 3 FT OF OVERBURDEN. LOC. C WAS A 6-FT STRATUM UNDER 2 FT OF OVERBURDEN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathered Olivine Gabbro In Hennessey Group

Analytical data

Result 10.81% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Troctolite
    Rock unit name Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group-Glen Mountains Layered Complex Zone G;Post Oak Conglomerate In Hennessey Group
    Rock description Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group-Glen Mountains Layered Complex Zone G;Post Oak Conglomerate In Hennessey Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Hale Spring Pegmatites Of Quanah Granite
    Rock description Hale Spring Pegmatites Of Quanah Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.91869, 34.82843
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Glen Mountains

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form VEINS
    Thickness 0.04M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Late Hydrothermal Solutions (Quanah Granite), Dissolved Cu From Troctolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HENNESSEY ONLAPS THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS AND CONTAINS WEATHERED REMNANTS OF LOCAL IGNEOUS ROCKS SUCH AS GABBRO, GRANITE, AND SO FORTH, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED WEATHERED COPPER VEINS. SPENCER (1961) DISCUSSES THE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer Andrew J. Meers Collected Other Samples From Last Drive Mine And Black Diamond Mine, In Sec. 7, Probably In The Sw Quarter.
Production years BEFORE 1904

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colonel Meers?
  • Type Owner
    Owner D. A. Bressman

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CU VEINS IN GABBRO

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings VERTICAL SHAFT
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SHAFT WAS FILLED WITH WATER IN 1904.

Comments on development

  • H.F. BAIN (1904, P. 89, 92) STATED THAT THE THINNESS OF THE VEINS PRECLUDED THE POSSIBILITY OF THE MINE BEING PROFITABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H.F., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 82-93 (P. 89, 92).

  • Deposit

    SHEAD, A.C., 1929, OGS BULLETIN 14, 138 P. (P. 4, 18, 29, 87).

  • Deposit

    RODEBUSH, CLARENCE, SEPTEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 425, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, A.B., 1961, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 46 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN GABBRO WERE MINED IN A SHAFT. THE DEPTH IS UNKNOWN. THE SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED FROM THE DUMP BY BAIN (1904, P. 89). THE SHAFT WAS FULL OF WATER.

Reporter information

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

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