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Fowler Ranch

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021962
MRDS ID DE01754
Record type Site
Current site name Fowler Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.62149, 35.08815 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 7 MI W. OF U.S. HWY 283 FROM NE SIDE OF WILLOW. TURN N. ON ROAD FOR ABOUT 1 MI TO WHERE ROAD TURNS E. GO N. ON TRAIL ROAD AND SLIGHTLY NW FOR ABOUT 0.4 MI TO TOP OF RIDGE ON HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN. WALK N. ABOUT 3,500 FT (OR POSSIBLY THERE MAY BE A TRAIL) ALONG RIDGE OF HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greer(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clinton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elm Fork Red(hydrologic unit)

North Fork Red(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Greer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 007N 023W 10 CENTER OF S2 OF SE OF SW OF SW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION OF 1800 FT IS APPROXIMATE (ON ONE SITE IN SW-10). ABOUT 20-35 FT BELOW THE HAYSTACK GYPSUM IS THE KISER GYPSUM MEMBER OF THE FLOWERPOT SHALE. BELOW THE KISER IS THE GREENISH-GRAY MEADOWS COPPER SHALE, ABOUT 8-24 INCHES THICK, WITH 0.02 TO 0.36% CU. HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN IS IN THE S2-10 AND N2 OF 15-7N-23W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.36% CU (SAMPLE C-17
Result SW-10)
Result 0.22% CU (SAMPLE C-18
Result S4 COR-10)
Result 0.02% CU (C-19
Result SE-10), 0.23% CU (C-20
Result NE-SE-10)
Result 0.04% CU (C-21
Result NE-SE-10) FROM 14-, 24-, 16-, AND 8-INCH TOP, 8-INCH BOTTOM SAMPLES OF MEADOWS COPPER SHALE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Meadows Copper Shale Bed Of Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Meadows Copper Shale Bed Of Flowerpot Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blaine Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Plainview Syncline, Striking E-W, With Beds Almost Flat.

Ore body information

  • Name MEADOWS COPPER SHALE
    General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip ALMOST FLAT
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic, Possibly Sabkha

Comments on the geologic information

  • MEADOWS COPPER SHALE BED OF FLOWERPOT SHALE, ABOUT 25 FT BELOW HAYSTACK GYPSUM. KISER GYPSUM MEMBER OF FLOWERPOT SHALE, A FEW FEET ABOVE MEADOWS COPPER SHALE. MURPHEY (1958, P. 86-88) GIVES GEOLOGY.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer Stroud And Others (1970, P. 38)

Mining district

District name Haystack Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fowler Ranch

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROPS AROUND HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN; MEADOWS COPPER SHALE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 259.008HA

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MURPHEY, C.W., 1958, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 102 P. (P. 86-88)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 38) IS SOURCE FOR 5 COPPER LOCALITIES IN SEC. 10-7N-23W; PRESUMABLY IN THE MEADOWS COPPER SHALE IN THE UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE, FROM 8-INCH TO 24-INCH BED, WHICH ANALYZED AT 0.02-0.36% CU. PRECISE LOCALITIES NOT GIVEN, EXCEPT SW AND SE-10-7N-23W.
Deposit OVERALL AREA IS 640 ACRES AROUND HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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