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Hardin Prospect-1

Past Producer in Comanche county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. 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 10021936
MRDS ID DE01724
Record type Site
Current site name Hardin Prospect-1
Alternate or previous names Shawnee Mining Co. Prospects, Lost Lead, Joe Dandy, Teddy, Compton, Big Four, Bismuth, And 7 Others.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.57035, 34.75788 (WGS84)
Elevation 469
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO S. OF MEERS STORE ABOUT 2.2 MI TO UNIMPROVED ROAD ON E., TRENDING NE, IRREGULARLY. FOLLOW ROAD ABOUT 1 MI TO WHERE IT CROSSES CEDAR CREEK. WALK SW ABOUT 700 FT, UP SMALL HILL, ON E. SIDE OF CREEK, ABOUT 300 FT SE OF CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comanche(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 013W 4 SW OF NE OF SW OF NW OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOST LEAD AND OTHERS ARE NOT IN THE REFUGE, BUT TO THE N. OF THE FENCE. MERRITT, HAM, AND ANDERSON (1941, SHEET 423) SAID THAT THIS WAS A GRANITE DIKE IN GABBRO, WITH GALENA, SPHALERITE, MAGNETITE, AND HEMATITE. THIS MIGHT BE THE PROSPECT REFERRED TO BY WOODRUFF (1904, P. 26) THAT HAD COPPER AT 10 FT DEEP. VEEDER (1936, SHEET 843) LOCATED 4 PROSPECTS IN THE S2 OF SEC 4, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE ONE LISTED BY MERRITT, ETC., BUT IT WAS ABOUT 200 FT FARTHER SW, IN THE NE-SW-SW-NW-SE-4. OTHERS LISTED BY VEEDER (1936, SHEET 843) WERE IN THE SE-NW-NW-SE-SW-4; THE C-2W-E2-NE-SE-SW-4, AND THE C-S2-S2-NE-NW-SE-4, ALL ABOUT 25 FT DEEP, AND WORKED AROUND 1901-1906, ON AN 8-FT GREENSTONE DIKE, NEAR GRANITE-GABBRO CONTACT. TAFF (1904, P. 62) MENTIONED THAT A 40-FT GRANITIC-APLITE DIKE CUTTING GABBRO OCCURRED IN THE SE OF 4-4N-13W, BUT HE MUST HAVE MEANT T3N (THERE ARE NO IGNEOUS ROCKS IN 4-4N-13W. WILSON (1976, P. 149, 151-153, 160) DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF THE AREA AND HAS PICTURES OF THE
  • LOST LEAD MINE AND DR. HARDIN'S SMELTER NEXT TO THE SHAFT, NW OF MOUNT WALL. WILSON (1960, P. 13) MENTIONED THAT IN THE FT. SMITH HERALD (AUG. 8, 1849) IS A STORY ON A CHOCTAW, MAJOR THOMAS WALL, WHO ORGANIZED A GOLD EXPEDITION TO THE WICHITAS. POSSIBLY OLDER PROSPECTS EXIST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WOODRUFF (1904, P. 26) MENTIONED THAT ONE PROSPECT NEAR THE LOST LEAD HAD 20 LBS OF COPPER (? PER TON OF ORE) AT 10 FT DEEP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Mt. Sheridan Gabbro
    Rock description Mt. Sheridan Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Mount Scott Granite
    Rock description Mount Scott Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt. Sheridan Gabbro Intruded By Mount Scott Granite

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form DIKE
    Strike ENE
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Aplite Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • POWELL (1986) DISCUSSES GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Dr. S.J. Hardin?
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1909
Production years 1902-1909?

Mining district

District name Meers District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. S. J. Hardin, Shawnee Mining Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS AREA COULD HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF METALS FOR THE NEARBY RED BEDS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNKNOWN
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 7.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LOST LEAD WAS 72 FT DEEP IN 1903 AND 108 FT IN 1904; IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE DEEPEST MINE IN THE AREA. THE OTHER MINES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT 25 FT DEEP OR LESS. THERE WAS ALMOST NO ACTIVITY BY OCTOBER 1904. MUCH OF THE AREA WAS IN LITIGATION. DR. HARDIN SPENT ABOUT $19,500 ON A SMELTER AND HOISTING EQUIPMENT. HE HAD AN ASSAY OFFICE IN MEERS.

Comments on development

  • MAJOR THOMAS WALL, A CHOCTAW, MAY HAVE PROSPECTED THE AREA AS EARLY AS AUGUST 1849, AFTER THIS REGION WAS GIVEN TO THE CHOCTAW NATION IN THE 1820'S. SEE WILSON (1960, P. 13).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H.F., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 82-97 (P. 85-86).

  • Deposit

    TAFF, J.A., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, 81 P., P. 95-97 (P. 62).

  • Deposit

    WOODRUFF, E.G., 1904, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, 3RD BIENNIAL REPT., P. 23-36 (P. 26).

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.S., 1960, TRANSACTIONS, OKLAHOMA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, V. 3, P. 12-19 (P. 13).

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURE AND TREASURE TALES: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 325 P. (P. 149, 151-153, 160).

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.S., 1980, OKLAHOMA TODAY, V. 30, NO. 2, P. 11-15 (P. 13).

  • Deposit

    POWELL B.N., 1986, OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 21-52 (MAP, P. 22, P. 37).

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., HAM, W.E., AND ANDERSON, K., 1941, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 423, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    VEEDER, J.A., OCTOBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 843, OGS FILE

  • Deposit

    VEEDER, J.A., OCTOBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 846, OGS FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WILSON (1980, P. 13) SAID THAT DR. S.J. HARDIN HAD 13 MINES. BAIN (1904, P. 85-86) NAMED 6 MINES. WOODRUFF (1904, P. 26) MENTIONED THAT ONE PROSPECT 26 FT DEEP HAD 20 LBS OF COPPER (PER TON OF ORE?) AT 10 FT DEEP, NEAR THE LOST LEAD PROSPECT. THE PROSPECTS WERE IDLE IN 1904, BUT DR. HARDIN INTENDED TO DEEPEN THE COPPER PROSPECT TO 200 FT. VEEDER (1936, SHEET 846) LOCATED THE LOST LEAD IN THE SE-NW-NW-SE-NW-4-3N-13W. MERRITT, HAM, AND ANDERSON (1941) LOCATED A SHAFT WITH MINERALS NEARBY, WHICH IS USED HEREIN AS PROBABLE COPPER PROSPECT.
Deposit AN APLITE DIKE, ABOUT 8 FT THICK, STRIKING ENE, IN GABBRO, PROBABLY HAS CHALCOPYRITE, ALONG WITH GALENA, SPHALERITE, MAGNETITE, AND HEMATITE.

Reporter information

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

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