Flat Top Mountain-10

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. 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 10022001
MRDS ID DE01800
Record type Site
Current site name Flat Top Mountain-10

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.27759, 34.8526 (WGS84)
Elevation 572
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 FOOT OF MOUNTAIN. WALK S. ABOUT 1400 FT, GOING UP HILL ABOUT 300 FT.

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 020W 2 CENTER OF NW OF Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • MATTHEWS (MARCH 1936) SHOWS THIS AS AN AREA OF ABOUT 2.5 ACRES. RYAN AND VEEDER (OCT. 1936) SHOW THIS AS AN AREA OF INTERSECTION OF TWO VEINS, ONE BASIC DIKE STRIKING NE AND THE MAIN AZURITE-MALACHITE VEIN STRIKING NW-SE. RYAN (JULY 1936, SHEET KR-35) LOCATES THIS PROSPECT IN THE NW-NW-SE-NW-2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

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) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.27759, 34.8526

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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
Year of first production 1896
Year of last production 1936
Production years 1896-1936

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VEINS OF AZURITE AND MALACHITE IN LUGERT GRANITE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED PIT
    Area 1.012HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MATTHEWS, T.B., MARCH 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 3-A, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, AND VEEDER, J.A., OCTOBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 3, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, JULY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-35, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NE-SW, STRIKE OF DIABASE DIKE.
Deposit MATTHEWS (MARCH 1936) AND RYAN AND VEEDER (OCT. 1936) SHOW THIS IN C-NW-SEC. 2, WHERE A BASIC DIKE, STRIKING NE, INTERSECTS AN AZURITE-MALACHITE VEIN STRIKING SE. THIS MAY BE THE SAME AS 40-075-16, QUOTING RYAN AND WINNETT (JUNE 1936). SECTION CORNERS MAY HAVE BEEN MISLOCATED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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