Flat Top Mountain-4

Past Producer in Kiowa county in Oklahoma, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10021988
MRDS ID DE01784
Record type Site
Current site name Flat Top Mountain-4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.27731, 34.85482 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 0.35 MI SW OF ENTRANCE TO QUARTZ MTN. STATE PARK LODGE ROAD ON OKLAHOMA HWY 44 TO ROAD ON SE SIDE OF HIGHWAY, N. OF NORTH FORK BRIDGE. GO ABOUT 0.9 MI SE, THEN 1.25 MI E. TO BASE OF FLAT TOP MTN., WALK SSE ABOUT 500 FT, GOING ABOUT 100 FT UPHILL, TO A 20-FT HOLE OPENED IN 1896 IN AZURITE AND MALACHITE IN LUGERT GRANITE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blair(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Altus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower North 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 Kiowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 004N}004N}004N}004N 020W}020W}020W}020W 2 LOC. A}2 LOC. B}2 LOC. C}2 LOC. D SW OF NW OF NE OF NW {LOC. A}; SE OF SE OF NW OF NE OF NW {LOC. B}; CENTER OF S2 OF NW OF NE OF NW {LOC. C}; CENTER OF W2 OF NW OF NE OF NW {LOC. D} Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • LOC. A, ELEVATION GIVEN ABOVE, IS MAIN PIT (1896). ELEVATIONS OF LOCS. B, C, AND D ARE 1750, 1680, AND 1630, RESPECTIVELY. THREE OTHER PROSPECTS WERE SEEN IN 1936 BY RYAN AND WINNETT, ALL IN THE NW OF NE OF NW-2-4N-20W. ONE WAS A 6 FT PIT AND OPEN CUT IN THE SE-SE-NW-NE-NW-2 AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 1750 FT IN AZURITE AND MALACHITE. THE OTHER TWO WERE SMALLER PITS, CLOSE TO THE 1896 PIT, ONE ABOUT 200 FT N. AND THE OTHER ABOUT 200 FT E. OF THE ORIGINAL PIT IN THE NW OF THE NE OF NW OF 2. RYAN AND WINNETT SAID THAT THEY COULD TRACE MALACHITE AND AZURITE FOR 75 FT FROM THE ORIGINAL PIT, IN AN ENE DIRECTION TOWARD THE PITS IN THE SE-SE-36-5N-20W. THEY ALSO SPOTTED 8 MORE COPPER OCCURRENCES IN A SE DIRECTION FOR 1.5 MILES, ON A LINE WITH A 7 FT PROSPECT PIT IN AZURITE AND MALACHITE IN DEVILS CANYON IN SE-NW-NW-12-4N-20W, WHICH ASSAYED AT 16.8% CU. THESE WILL BE SPOTTED SEPARATELY IN LUGERT GRANITE IN SEC. 2, AND IN THE REFORMATORY GRANITE IN SECS. 2 AND 12, ON SEPARATE SHEETS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lugert Granite
    Rock description Lugert Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Hennessey Group
    Rock description Hennessey Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.27731, 34.85482

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lugert Granite Intrusive

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form VEINS
    Strike ENE
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 22.86M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MALACHITE AND AZURITE WERE PROBABLY DERIVED FROM WEATHERED HYDROTHERMAL VEINS IN THE LUGERT GRANITE. POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958) SHOW GEOLOGY. POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958) DISCUSS THE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Discoverer Bill Kennedy? Of Lugert
Year of first production 1896
Year of last production 1896
Production years 1896

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. M. Aycock
    Home office Leveland, Tx.
    First year 1936
  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter B. Stephens
    Home office President, Home State Bank, Hobart, Ok.
    First year 1936

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FOUR PITS AND OCCURRENCES IN NW-NE-NW-2-4N-20W, KNOWN SINCE 1896.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED LOC. A
    Area 2.024HA
    Length 6.1M
    Width 1.83M
    Height 1.83M
    Overall depth 1.83M
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 1.83M
  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED LOC. B

Comments on the workings information

  • SINCE 1896, VARIOUS MINERS HAVE WORKED THE AREA, AT LEAST UNTIL 1936.

Comments on development

  • RYAN AND WINNETT (1936) SAID THAT BILL KENNEDY OF LUGERT KNEW ABOUT LOC. A IN 1896, AND IT WAS AN ADIT ABOUT 20 FT LONG. LOC. B WAS 6 FT DEEP. LEADS TO ENE AND TO THE SE EXTEND FOR A MILE OR MORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1958, OGS BULLETIN 76, 70 P

  • Deposit

    POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY 0F OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENGR. THESIS, 87 P.

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, AND WINNETT, LESTER, JUNE 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 2002, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS WITH MALACHITE AND AZURITE CAN BE FOUND A MILE OR MORE TO THE ENE AND TO THE SE, ACCORDING TO RYAN AND WINNETT (1936).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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