| Deposit ID | 10021947 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01737 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Whiskey Creek-3 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.21644, 34.15901 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 288 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | GO 2.4 MI W. OF HOOPER ON U.S. HWY. 70. OUTCROP ON N. SIDE OF ROAD AT ELEVATION 945 FT. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oklahoma | Cotton |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian | 004S | 010W | 35 | SE OF SW OF SW OF SE | Oklahoma |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sandstone | Gangue |
| 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 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Ryan Sandstone |
| Rock description | Ryan Sandstone |
| (1) | -98.21644, 34.15901 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Beds Almost Flat, On Axis Of Waurika-Muenster Arch, Striking Nw-Se. |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | NW-SE |
| Dip | ALMOST FLAT |
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1913 |
| Discoverer | Wegemann, Carroll H. |
| District name | Hooper |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01737 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | OK-COT-12 |
WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P. (P. 63, 102).
HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.
FATH, A.E., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 2, P. 140-150 (P. 142-143).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | STRIKE IS NW-SE ALONG WAURIKA-MUENSTER ARCH |
| Deposit | OUTCROP. OCCURS 1500 FT FARTHER W., AND ALONG SIDES OF WHISKEY CREEK AND IN RED RIVER BLUFFS TO S. |
| Deposit | WEGEMANN (1915, P. 63, 102) AND FATH (1915, P. 142-143) DISCUSS GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. HAVENS (1977) HAS RECONNAISSANCE MAP OF AREA. WEGEMANN (1915, P. 63) MEASURED A 7-FT SANDSTONE WITH CONCRETIONS AND COPPER MINERALS, WITH ELEVATION OF 945 FT AT BASE, ON N. SIDE OF U.S. HWY. 70, ABOUT 2.4 MI W. OF HOOPER. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1992 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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