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Randlett Northwest-1

Occurrence in Cotton county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021951
MRDS ID DE01741
Record type Site
Current site name Randlett Northwest-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.48978, 34.22012 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO N. OF SE CORNER OF RANDLETT 3 MI ON U.S. HWY 277, 281. TURN W. 2.1 MI TO OLD FARMHOUSE SITE. GO N. 0.2 MI ON OLD ROAD? OR WALK N. ABOUT 1,000 FT TO SANDSTONE AND MUDSTONE-CONGLOMERATE OUTCROP. CHALCOCITE, MALACHITE, AZURITE, AND COVELLITE? WERE IDENTIFIED FROM THESE BEDS, ALONG WITH FOSSIL WOOD, IN SEVERAL PITS ABOUT 1 FT DEEP, IN THE ASPHALTUM SANDSTONE AT THE BASE OF THE GARBER SANDSTONE OR ADDINGTON FORMATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cotton(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Randlett(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Cotton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 004S 012W 7 CENTER OF N2 OF SE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • SHELTON AND OTHERS (1976, P. 150) AND U.S.A.E.C. (1968) MENTION THIS LOCALITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Malachite And Azurite Weathered From Chalcocite

Analytical data

Result 620 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Garber Sandstone
    Rock description Garber Sandstone
    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 > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Asphaltum Sandstone Member
    Rock description Asphaltum Sandstone Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.48978, 34.22012
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Ssw Dip Of About 10 Ft/Mi Into Randlett Syncline, Off Waurika-Muenster Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • HAVENS (1977) GIVES GEOLOGY. MUNN (1914, P. 69) DISCUSSES THE GEOLOGY OF THIS SECTION AND TOWNSHIP, BUT SOME BEDS MAY BE MISCORRELATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer H.M. Sutterfield, 2133 Ave. I, Wichita Falls, Tx, And O.S. Wilson, 309 Ave. D, Burkburnett, Tx

Mining district

District name Randlett

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sutterfield And Wilson
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. E. Crow Farm

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL TEST PITS IN BASAL GARBER SANDSTONE HAD COPPER MINERALS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TEST PITS WERE DUG, ABOUT 1 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL PITS WERE DUG, ABOUT 1 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 1968, RME-151 REPORT, 73 P.

  • Deposit

    TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GEOLOGIC MAP 25, 16 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MUNN, M.J., 1914, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 547, 83 P.

  • Deposit

    SHELTON, J.W., AL-SHAIEB, ZUHAIR, OLMSTED, R.W., HANSON, R.E., MAY, R.T., AND OWENS, R.T., 1976, U.S. ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT AT(05-1)-1641, AND OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, 156 P.

  • Deposit

    HAINES, G.I., 1955, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT DEB-P-5-2426, 1 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP AT SURFACE
Deposit OUTCROP
Deposit HAINES (1955) GIVES LOCATION AND OTHER DATA. SUMMARY QUOTED BY TOTTEN AND FAY (1982, P. 10, LOC. 99). HAVENS (1977) GIVES GEOLOGY. HAINES (1955) GAVE DIRECTIONS TO THE SE OF SEC. 7, BUT HE GAVE SW-7 UNDER LOCATION? HE SAID THAT THE COPPER WAS IN THE GARBER SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

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

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