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Zircon Mine

Past Producer in Comanche county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Zirconium, 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021926
MRDS ID DE01716
Record type Site
Current site name Zircon Mine
Alternate or previous names Crystal King Mine Earlier

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.77924, 34.71954 (WGS84)
Elevation 491
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 8.75 MI S. OF COOPERTON ON OK HWY. 54; TURN E. 4 MI ON OK HWY. 49. THEN S. 1.5 MI TO HOUSE AND SMALL LAKE ON E. SIDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comanche(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Odetta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Cache(hydrologic unit)

Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Comanche

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 003N 015W 21 CENTER OF E2 OF SW OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • WALK ENE ABOUT 2400 FT TO WILDLIFE REFUGE BOUNDARY; THEN GO ANOTHER 1000 FT ENE TO OLD MINE IN VALLEY. ANOTHER MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 150 FT HIGHER, ABOUT 600 FT SSW. MERRITT, HAM, AND ANDERSON (1941), ATTACHED TO BURKE (1936), SAID THAT ANOTHER MINE WAS REPORTED 0.25 TO 0.5 MI FARTHER NORTH IN A SADDLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Analytical data

Result 0.005% TO 0.01% CU IN ZIRCONS. ZRO2 - 60-67%
Result HF - 0.5-0.9%
Result Y - 0.7 TO 0.9%
Result ER - 0.1 TO 1.0%
Result TM - 0.01 TO 1.0%
Result LU - 0.01 TO 1.0%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Quanah Granite;Hennessey Group
    Rock description Quanah Granite;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 Pegmatite
    Rock description Hale Spring Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.77924, 34.71954
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hale Spring Pegmatite Of Quanah Granite

Ore body information

  • Name ZIRCON MINE
    General form VEIN
    Strike N; TO N30OE; TO N47OW
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 15.24M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M
  • General form VEIN
    Dip VERTICAL
  • General form VEIN
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • WHILE ZIRCONS WERE FORMED IN HYDROTHERMAL VEINS, SOME COPPER WAS ALSO INCORPORATED IN THE ZIRCONS IN CONCENTRATIONS MUCH HIGHER THAN IN THE GRANITE. LATER WEATHERING OF THE ZIRCONS COULD HAVE RELEASED SOME COPPER IONS TO THE HENNESSEY SEA.
  • M CAMB. THE AGE GIVEN BY LARSEN ET AL. (1953, P. 1121-1122) WAS 575-790 M.Y., WITH AVERAGE 635 M.Y. TILTON ET AL. (1957) HAD 480-650 M.Y.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Frank Rush, Forest Supervisor, Wichita National Forest First Reported It In 1907. It Was Already Worked In 1905 To 35 Ft.
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1934
Production years 1905-1934

Mining district

District name Oreana

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Charons Garden Wilderness Of Wichita Mts. National Wildlife Refuge

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hackney And Sons
    Home office Laharpe, Ka.
    First year 1908
    Last year 1934
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. L. M. Carver . Wichita Mts. National Wildlife Refuge.
    First year 1934

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings ZIRCON MINE CIRCULAR
    Area 0.405HA
    Length 3.66M
    Width 3.66M
    Height 10.67M
    Overall depth 10.67M
    Overall length 3.66M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • TREATED AS A MINERALOGIC CURIOSITY BY STARRETT (1908, P. 792-793), SCHALLER (1922, P. 22-23), TYLER (1931, P. 8), YOUNGMAN (1931, P. 17-18), ANDERSON (1946, P. 38-41), JOHNSON (1955, P. 44, 74, 77), AND AL-SHAIEB ET AL. (1980, LOC. 22).

Comments on development

  • STERRETT (1908, P. 792-793) MENTIONED THE DISCOVERY. YOUNGMAN (1931, P. 17) MENTIONED PROSPECTING BY HACKNEY AND SONS. BURK (1936, SHEET 847) MENTIONS MINE BEING WORKED IN 1905, TO 35 FT, AND AGAIN IN 1934.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LARSEN, E.S., JR., WARING, C.L., AND BERMAN, JOSEPH, 1953, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 38, NOS. 11-12.

  • Deposit

    STERRETT, D.B., 1908, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S., 1907, PT. 2, P. 785-794 (OK - P. 792-793).

  • Deposit

    SCHALLER, W.T., 1922, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S., 1919, PT. 2, P. 1-32 (OK - P. 22-23).

  • Deposit

    TYLER, P.M., 1931, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6457, 11 P. (OK - P. 8).

  • Deposit

    AL-SHAIEB, Z.F., THOMAS, R.G., AND STEWART, G.F., 1980, URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, LAWTON QUADRANGLE, OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS: BENDIX CORP., SUBCONTRACT 78-131-E, AND CONTRACT DE-AC13-76 G01664.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, K.C., 1946, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 66 P. (P. 38-41 ZIRCON MINE).

  • Deposit

    BURK, J.M., NOVEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 847, COMANCHE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    YOUNGMAN, E.P., 1931, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6456, 63 P. (OK - P. 17-18).

  • Deposit

    TILTON, G.R., DAVIS, G.L., WETHERILL, G.W., AND ALDRICH, L.T., 1957, AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION TRANSACTIONS, V. 38, NO. 3, P. 360-371.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, E.L., 1955, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 87 P. (P. 44, 74, 77 ZIRCON MINE).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOTHER MINE WAS LOCATED 600 FT SSW AND ABOUT 150 FT HIGHER. ANDERSON (1941, P. 39) SAID THAT THE STRIKE OF THE PEGMATITE VARIED FROM DUE N. TO N30OE. AL-SHAIEB ET AL. (1980, DEPOSIT 22) SAID THAT THE STRIKE WAS N47OW. PERHAPS THESE WERE DIFFERENT PEGMATITES. MERRITT, HAM, AND ANDERSON (1941), ATTACHED TO BURK (1936), SAID THAT ANOTHER MINE WAS REPORTED 0.25 TO 0.5 MI FARTHER NORTH.

Reporter information

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

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