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Van Vacter-1

Occurrence in Beckham 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10021912
MRDS ID DE01700
Record type Site
Current site name Van Vacter-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.4776, 35.16065 (WGS84)
Elevation 524
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 1 MI E. OF CARTER (FROM OK HWY 34) ON OK HWY 55; TURN 1 MI S.; JOG E. 0.25 MI; GO S. 1 MI; GO E. 0.5 MI; TURN S. 2 MI; GO SE ABOUT 0.25 MI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beckham(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carter East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clinton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Beckham

Comments on the location information

  • SOMEPLACE IN HILLSIDE IS PROBABLY WHERE SAMPLE C-16 WAS COLLECTED, PROBABLY ABOUT 25 FT BELOW THE HAYSTACK GYPSUM, PROBABLY BELOW THE KISER GYPSUM, POSSIBLY THE SAME AS THE MEADOWS COPPER BED. A 10-M SHALE SAMPLE WAS TAKEN, ASSAYED AT 0.06% CU.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLY THE MEADOWS COPPER SHALE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.06% CU IN 10-IN. SHALE (SAMPLE C-16).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Sh
    Rock description Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Sh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Sh
    Rock description Flowerpot Sh

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.4776, 35.16065
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip Nne, Less Than 1 Degree

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment; Stratabound

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer Stroud And Others (1970)

Mining district

District name Carter

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Van Vacter Ranch

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.L., AND HAM, W.E., 1957, OGS CIRCULAR 42, 64 P. (MEAS. SEC. 6).

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU O F MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 38).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP
Deposit STROUD AND OT HERS (1970, P. 38) IS ORIGINAL SOURCE. SCOTT AND HAM (1957, MEASURED SEC. 6) GIVE GEOLOGY. LISTED AS SW-13-8N-22W. MEADOWS BED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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