Flat Top Mountain-8

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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021999
MRDS ID DE01798
Record type Site
Current site name Flat Top Mountain-8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.27454, 34.8501 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 0.35 MI SW OF ENTRANCE TO QUARTZ MTN. STATE PARK LODGE ROAD, ON OKLAHOMA HWY. 44, TO ROAD ON SE SIDE OF HIGHWAY, N. OF NORTH FORK BRIDGE. GO ABOUT 0.9 MI SE, THEN ABOUT 0.9 MI E. TO POND. TURN SSW ON ROAD ABOUT 0.4 MI TO NORTH FORK RIVER. WALK SE ABOUT 4000 FT ALONG RIVER TO WISDOM CANYON. WALK ABOUT 1600 FT NE ALONG W. SIDE OF WISDOM CANYON TO SECOND RAVINE. FOLLOW RAVINE NORTHWARD ABOUT 1300 FT, CLIMBING ABOUT 400 FT IN ELEVATION.

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 020W 2 CENTER OF SE OF SE OF NW Oklahoma

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 Lugert Granite
    Rock description Lugert Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.27454, 34.8501

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form VEINS
    Strike NW-SE
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • PART OF A ZONE OF VEINS THAT STRIKE NW-SE THROUGH SECTION 2. POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958) DISCUSS THE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AZURITE AND MALACHITE VEINS IN GRANITE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.405HA

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAPPED BY RYAN AND VEEDER (1936)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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