Cookietown Northeast-1

Occurrence in Cotton 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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021941
MRDS ID DE01731
Record type Site
Current site name Cookietown Northeast-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.38951, 34.30817 (WGS84)
Elevation 297
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 4 MI E. OF COOKIETOWN; TURN N. 2.15 MI TO OIL WELL ROAD. TURN W. 0.2 MI; N. ABOUT 0.12 MI; TURN W. ABOUT 0.15 MI. WALK S. ABOUT 300 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cotton(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cookietown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burkburnett(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Cotton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 003S 011W 7 SW OF SW OF SW OF SE OF NW OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • AN AREA OF ABOUT 10 ACRES, ELONGATED NW-SE, IS SHOWN BY TROUT (1936), CONSISTING OF NODULES IN GREENISH-GRAY SHALE, WITH MALACHITE, ASSAYED AT 3.20% CU AND 5.56% CUCO3.CU(OH)2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3.20% CU
Result 5.56% CUCO3.CU(OH)2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
    Rock description Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.38951, 34.30817

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Low Monoclinal Dip To Ne, About 10 Ft/Mi Off Waurika-Muenster Arch.

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form NODULES
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY HAVENS (1977).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cookietown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MALACHITE IN NODULES IN GREENISH-GRAY SHALE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6

  • Deposit

    TROUT, L.R., APRIL 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, COTTON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 189, OGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MALACHITE IN NODULES
Deposit MALACHITE IN NODULES IN GREENISH-GRAY SHALE, SCATTERED OVER 10 ACRES.
Deposit LOCATED BY TROUT (1936).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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