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Taylor 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 10021953
MRDS ID DE01744
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.96843, 36.56368 (WGS84)
Elevation 375
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO ABOUT 1.35 MI E. OF HILLSDALE. WALK ABOUT 400 FT S. IN FIELD. PIT DUG ABOUT 20 FT DEEP. SAID TO CONTAIN COPPER. ABOUT 40 FT BELOW BISON FORMATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Woodward(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waynoka West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alva(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Woodward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cimarron-Eagle Chief(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024N 007W 17 NE OF SE OF NW OF NW OF NE Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAY BE SPORADIC

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 > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Salt Plains Formation
    Rock description Salt Plains 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 > Shale
    Rock unit name Salt Plains Formation
    Rock description Salt Plains Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.96843, 36.56368
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip <30 FT/MI WSW
    Length 1.52M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 6.1M

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 1921
Discoverer Mr. Taylor?

Mining district

District name Hillsdale

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAY BE SPORADIC OCCURRENCE OF COPPER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings TAYLOR PROSPECT
    Area 0.405HA
    Length 1.52M
    Width 1.52M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on development

  • THIS WAS BEING DRILLED FOR COPPER IN 1921 AND WAS THEN 20 FT DEEP, ACCORDING TO REITER (1921, P. 67).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOTT AND MERRITT (1940) GIVE DETAILS. REITER (1921, P. 67) IS EARLY REFERENCE.

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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