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Washington Creek

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021956
MRDS ID DE01747
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.20448, 34.82567 (WGS84)
Elevation 291
Relative position 3.25 MI E. OF PAOLI, AT PIPE LINE, IN SANDSTONE ABOUT 80 FT BELOW TOP OF WELLINGTON FORMATION. ON HILL, JUST W. OF WASHINGTON CREEK.

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}004N 001E}001E 9}16 S4 CORNER (09); N4 CORNER (16) Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • SHEAD (1929, P. 27, 84), LOCALITY 218 IN SEC. 16 AND LOCALITY 221 IN SEC. 9.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.46% CU IN SEC. 9 (LOC. 221)
Result 23% CU IN SEC. 16 (LOC. 218)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wellington Formation
    Rock description Wellington Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late 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 Ryan Ss. (Upper) In Wellington Formation, About 80 Ft Below Top
    Rock description Ryan Ss. (Upper) In Wellington Formation, About 80 Ft Below Top

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.20448, 34.82567
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Monoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5 Degrees W.

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form CHANNEL
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is a pipeline cut`

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • DELTAIC SANDS FROM THE SE WERE DEPOSITED ALONG WITH CU IONS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, WITH UPLIFT, THE CU WAS RECONCENTRATED IN THE MORE PERMEABLE BEDS. THERE ARE AS MANY AS 6 RYAN SANDSTONES IN THE WELLINGTON AT ANY ONE PLACE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MAPPED. THE SANDSTONES ARE GENERALLY BROWN. GEOLOGY BY HART (1974).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer A.C. Shead And C.W. Honess

Mining district

District name Paoli

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PIPE LINE CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHEAD, A.C., 1929, OGS BULLETIN 14, 138 P. (P. 27, 84).

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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