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Barnes Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021952
MRDS ID DE01742
Record type Site
Current site name Barnes Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.99895, 36.54007 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO W. OF HILLSDALE ABOUT 0.5 MI TO SECTION LINE ROAD. TURN S. ABOUT 1.75 MI. WALK W. ABOUT 400 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ponca City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt Fork Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 024N 008W 24 SW OF SE OF NE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • 400 FT W. OF ROAD, AND 750 FT S. OF BARN, AND 200 FT E. OF CREEK, IS 10 FT BY 10 FT WIDE SHAFT, 125 FT DEEP. HAWORTH AND BENNETT (1900) SAID THAT THIN NATIVE COPPER SHEETS WERE FOUND IN A 6-INCH SEAM OF CLAY, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT AT 32 FT. THE THIN SHEETS WERE 0.5-2 INCHES LONG AND WIDE. THIS WOULD BE AT THE BASE OF THE BISON FORMATION, OR IN TOP OF SALT PLAINS FORMATION. REITER (1921) SAID THAT THE SHAFT HAD BEEN DEEPENED, AND THAT MORE NATIVE COPPER WAS ENCOUNTERED AT 70 FT. IN 1940, MERRITT VISITED THE SITE, AND THE OWNER, MR. W.W. THOMAS, HAD SUNK A SHAFT 28 FT DEEP, ABOUT 330 FT TO THE NW, AND FOUND THIN NATIVE COPPER SHEETS IN AN 8-INCH SHALE LAYER AT THE BOTTOM. NATIVE COPPER IS ALSO REPORTED FROM WELLS NEAR HILLSDALE, BUT SOME TEST HOLES NEAR THE BARNES PROSPECT SHOWED NO COPPER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPORADIC SHEETS OF NATIVE COPPER WERE FOUND AT 28 FT, 32 FT, AND 70 FT DEEP, NOT CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Bison Formation And Salt Plains Formation
    Rock description Bison Formation And Salt Plains Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Bison Formation;Salt Plains Formation
    Rock description Bison Formation;Salt Plains Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.99895, 36.54007
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip Westward, Less Than 30 Ft/Mi

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NNW}NNW}NNW
    Dip <30 FT/MI W.}<30 FT/MI W.}<30 FT/MI W.
    Thickness 0.19M
    Depth to top 8.53M
  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NNW}NNW}NNW
    Dip <30 FT/MI W.}<30 FT/MI W.}<30 FT/MI W.
    Thickness 0.19M
    Depth to top 9.75M
  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NNW}NNW}NNW
    Dip <30 FT/MI W.}<30 FT/MI W.}<30 FT/MI W.
    Thickness 0.19M
    Depth to top 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound, Reducing Environment

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY BINGHAM AND BERGMAN (1980).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer O.P. Barnes

Mining district

District name Hillsdale District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings BARNES PROSPECT
    Area 0.405HA
    Length 3.05M
    Width 3.05M
    Height 0.15M
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 125 FT DEEP, WITH 0.5 FT ZONES AT 32 FT AND 70 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • APPARENTLY FOUND WHILE DIGGING A WATER WELL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWORTH, ERASMUS, AND BENNETT, JOHN, 1900, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 12, P. 2-4.

  • Deposit

    REITER, A.F., 1921, OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, PROCEEDINGS, V. 1, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS, MINERAL REPORT 8, 17 P. (P. 8-9).

  • Deposit

    BINGHAM, R.H., AND BERGMAN, D.L., 1980, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 7.

  • Deposit

    FAY, R.O., 1964, OGS BULLETIN 98, 238 P. (P. 95).

  • Deposit

    BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 15).

  • Deposit

    DOTT, ROBERT, AND MERRITT, C.A., JULY 19, 1940, OGS SHEET 358, GARFIELD CO., OKLAHOMA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NATIVE COPPER SHEETS OCCUR ALONG WITH GYPSUM STRINGERS IN RED-BROWN SHALE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. SOME ARE IN THE BASE OF THE BISON FORMATION, AND SOME ARE ABOUT 40 FT BELOW THE BISON IN THE SALT PLAINS FORMATION.
Deposit HAWORTH AND BENNETT (1900), REITER (1921), AND MERRITT (1940, P. 8) GIVE DETAILS. BINGHAM AND BERGMAN (1980) GIVE GEOLOGY. FAY (1964, P. 95) EXAMINED ONE NATIVE COPPER SPECIMEN. DOTT AND MERRITT (JULY 1940), SHEET 358, GIVE DETAILS. BRANSON, BURWELL, AND CHASE (1955, P. 15) MENTION THIS DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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