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Teepee Queen

Past Producer in Garvin 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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 10021955
MRDS ID DE01746
Record type Site
Current site name Teepee Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.24587, 34.81344 (WGS84)
Elevation 294
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 0.75 MI E. OF PAOLI FROM U.S. HWY 77, THEN 0.85 MI S. TO PRIVATE ROAD ON E., THEN E. ABOUT 0.15 MI, THEN WALK S. TO RAVINE ABOUT 300 FT TO OLD TEEPEE QUEEN COPPER CO. STRIP MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garvin(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byars SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pauls Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ardmore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Washita(hydrologic unit)

Washita(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Garvin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 004N 001E 18 SW OF NE OF SW OF SW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • NINE OTHER LOCALITIES GIVEN BY SHEAD (1929, P. 27-28, P. 83-85) - LOCS. 206-208, 211-217, 226. SHEAD (1929, P. 27, 84) LOCALITY 217. SHEAD ALSO HAD OTHER LOCALITIES IN SEC. 18: LOCS. 206-207 (P. 27, 83)-SE-18; LOC. 208 (P. 27, 83)-E1/4 COR-18; LOC. 211 (P. 27, 84)-NE-SW-18 NEAR PIPE LINE; LOC. 212 (P. 27, 84)-W1/4 COR.-18; LOC. 213 (P. 27, 84)-0.125 MI E. OF W1/4 COR.-18; LOCS. 214-216 (P. 27, 84)-NW-18, 625 FT E. OF ROAD; LOC. 226 (P. 28, 85)-750 FT E. OF N1/4 COR.-18. C.W. HONESS COLLECTED THE SAMPLES FOR SHEAD. THE ANALYSES ARE GIVEN UNDER ANALYTICAL DATA. THESE ARE ALL IN THE LOWER 35 FT OF THE GARBER SANDSTONE, EXCEPT FOR LOC. 212, WHICH IS ABOUT 40 FT BELOW THE GARBER IN THE WELLINGTON FORMATION. MERRITT AND DOTT (1940) REPORTED CHALCOCITE, MALACHITE, BARITE IN WHITE SANDSTONE IN NW-NE-18. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 38) COLLECTED SAMPLE C-2 ON J.T. WIGLEY RANCH THAT ASSAYED AT 8.60% CU, IN SW-18-4N-1E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MERRITT AND DOTT (1940) MENTION THAT TWO CARLOADS OF HAND-PICKED ORE WERE SHIPPED TO AMERICAN SMELTING CO., EL PASO, TEXAS, WHICH ASSAYED AT 27-55% CU, WITH SOME PB, U, CO, AG, AND AU. THEY QUOTED AN ARTICLE FROM DAILY OKLAHOMAN, MARCH 16, 1928.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOC. 217, TEEPEE QUEEN MINE - 12.93% CU
Result LOC. 206, 0.1% CUO
Result LOC. 207, 0.86% CUO
Result LOC. 208, 1.8% CUO
Result LOC. 211, 0.46% CU
Result LOC. 212, 0.81% CU
Result LOC. 213, 0.05% CU
Result LOC. 214, 0.54% CU
Result LOC. 215, 0.1% CU
Result LOC. 216, 0.02% CU
Result LOC. 226, 1.87% CUO. STROUD (1970, P. 38) (C-2 SAM.) 8.6% CU ON J.T. WIGLEY RANCH IN SW-18-4N-1E.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Garber Sandstone;Wellington Formation
    Rock description Garber Sandstone;Wellington Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Garber Sandstone, Lower 35 Ft;Wellington Formation, Upper 40 Ft
    Rock description Garber Sandstone, Lower 35 Ft;Wellington Formation, Upper 40 Ft

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.24587, 34.81344
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Monoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 30 Ft/Mi W.

Ore body information

  • Name TEEPEE QUEEN MINE
    General form CHANNEL
    Strike N
    Dip ABOUT 30 FT/MI W.
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 22.86M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE SAMPLES ARE IN THE LOWER 35 FT OF THE GARBER SANDSTONE. THIS IS THE APPROXIMATE DEPTH THAT WOLF RIDGE-TETON EXPLORATION DRILLED. LOC. 212 WAS IN WELLINGTON FORMATION, ABOUT 40 FT BELOW GARBER. LOCS. 214-216 WERE IN WELLINGTON, ABOUT 20-30 FT BELOW GARBER. GEOLOGY BY HART (1974).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Production years MARCH 1928

Mining district

District name Paoli

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Teepee Queen Copper Co. (-. (W.H. Goldsbury Of Pauls Valley Shipped 2 Carloads Of Ore.)
    Last year 1929
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Layton, Mr. Bowen, Mr. Walton (According To Grimes,
    Last year 1936

Production statistics

  • Year 1929
    Period Before 1929
    Description Cp_Grade: ^12.93% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 13wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WOLF RIDGE-TETON EXPLORATION CORED MUCH OF SEC. 18 FROM 1967-1972, AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A MUCH MORE ACCURATE ESTIMATE OF RESOURCES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT 1,395 FT N. AND 1,035 FT E. OF SW COR. 18
    Area 0.809HA
    Length 3.05M
    Width 1.83M
    Overall depth 30.48M
  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT 1,395 FT N. AND 935 FT E. OF SW COR. 18
    Length 3.05M
    Width 3.05M
    Overall depth 2.44M
  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings TEEPEE QUEEN MINE
    Length 22.86M
    Width 15.24M
    Height 3.05M
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on development

  • C.A. MERRITT (1940, P. 4-5) MENTIONS THAT SEVERAL TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED FROM THE MINE. MERRITT AND DOTT (1940) QUOTE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, MARCH 16, 1928, THAT THE ORE ASSAYED AT 27-55% CU, WITH PB, U, AU, AG, AND CO, REPORTED BY AMERICAN SMELTING CO., EL PASO, TEXAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STRAUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 38).

  • Deposit

    BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 17).

  • Deposit

    SHEAD, A.C., 1929 (JAN.), OGS BULLETIN 14, 138 P. (P. 27-28, 83-85).

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 4-5).

  • Deposit

    LOBELL, JOSEPH, 1986, MINERALOGICAL RECORD, V. 17, P. 371-374.

  • Deposit

    SHOCKEY, T.F., RENFRO, A.R., AND PETERSON, R.J., 1974, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69, NO. 2, P. 266-268.

  • Deposit

    HART, D.L., JR., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 3.

  • Deposit

    ACRE, J.L., APRIL 15, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, OGS SHEET 72, GARVIN CO., OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

    GRIMES, C.L. , APRIL 6, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, OGS SHEET 54, GARVIN CO., OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., AND DOTT, ROBERT, JUNE 19, 1940, OGS SHEET 340, GARVIN CO., OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., AND HAM, W.E., JUNE 25, 1940, OGS SHEET 344, GARVIN CO., OKLAHOMA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHEAD LOCALITIES ARE SCATTERED OVER 6 DIFFERENT PLACES IN SEC. 18, SUGGESTING THAT THE COPPER IS SCATTERED OVER A WIDE AREA.
Deposit GRIMES (1936), ACRE (1936), MERRITT AND DOTT (1940), MERRITT AND HAM (1940), AND MERRITT (1940) GIVE DETAILS. SHEAD (1929) GIVES ANALYSES. BRANSON, BURWELL, AND CHASE (1955, P. 17) MENTION DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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