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Whiskey Creek-1

Occurrence in Cotton 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021945
MRDS ID DE01735
Record type Site
Current site name Whiskey Creek-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.19033, 34.15373 (WGS84)
Elevation 282
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO ABOUT 0.95 MI W. OF HOOPER ON U.S. HWY. 70. WALK S. ABOUT 1800 FT TO W. SIDE OF SMALL HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cotton(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hooper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burkburnett(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Farmers-Mud(hydrologic unit)

Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Cotton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 005S 009W 6 SW OF NW OF SW OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • WEGEMANN (1915, P. 71) SAID THAT A GRAY SANDSTONE WITH CONCRETIONS OCCURS AT AN ELEVATION OF 926 FT, AT BASE. WEGEMANN (1915, P. 102) MENTIONS THAT COPPER OCCURS IN THE NW-31-4S-9W, IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME BED, 3 FT THICK, AT ELEVATION 923 FT. THE CREEK WAS CALLED COPPER CREEK BY MARCY (1854, MAP), SHUMARD (1854, P. 172), AND SHEPARD (1854, P. 146). IT IS NOW WHISKEY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 35.30% CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.19033, 34.15373
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Almost Flat, On Waurika-Muenster Arch, Which Strikes Nw-Se

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW-SE
    Dip ALMOST FLAT
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEGEMANN (1915, P. 71, MAP) AND HAVENS (1977) GIVE GEOLOGY. SHUMARD (1854, P. 172) GIVES SOME DETAILS. SHUMARD (1854, P. 172) MEASURED A 5-FT SANDSTONE IN THE CREEK BANK WITH 10 FT OF RED-BROWN AND BLUISH-GRAY SH. BELOW. SOME CONCRETIONS OCCUR IN THE SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1852
Discoverer Marcy, Randolph B., And Shumard, George G.

Mining district

District name Hooper

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROP FIRST SEEN BY MARCY (1852) AND SHUMARD (1852) IN BANK OF COPPER CREEK (NOW WHISKEY CREEK).

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP; 3-5 FT SS. WITH CONCRETIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARCY, R.B., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, 310 P. (P. 8).

  • Deposit

    SHEPARD, C.V., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, P. 145-149 (P. 146-147).

  • Deposit

    SHUMARD, G.G., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, P. 167-185 (P. 172).

  • Deposit

    WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P. (P. 91, 102, MAP).

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS OCCURS ON THE AXIS OF THE WAURIKA-MUENSTER ARCH AND IS ALMOST FLAT.
Deposit OUTCROP; 3 TO 5 FT SS. WITH CONCRETIONS
Deposit RECORDED BY MARCY (1854, P. 8), SHEPARD (1854, P. 146-147), AND SHUMARD (1854, P. 172). WEGEMANN (1915, P. 71, 102) MENTIONS COPPER IN AREA AND HAS A SANDSTONE MAPPED THAT IS RYAN. HAVENS (1977) HAS GEOLOGY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-92 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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