Gotebo West-1

Occurrence 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 10022014
MRDS ID DE01815
Record type Site
Current site name Gotebo West-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.96233, 35.07259 (WGS84)
Elevation 486
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 4.4 MI W. OF W. SIDE OF GOTEBO ON OKLAHOMA HWY. 9. OUTCROP OF LOWER DUNCAN SANDSTONE ON S. SIDE OF ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beckham(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Creek(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 Kiowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 007N 017W 23 NE OF NW OF NW OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • JOHNSON (1962, P. 19, 21, 97) HAS ACCURATE GEOLOGY. ON P. 97 IS MEASURED SECTION 11, WITH MALACHITE IN BASAL 0.8 FT. SILTSTONE OF DUNCAN SANDSTONE IN NW-NW-NE-27-7N-17W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Duncan Sandstone And Underlying Hennessey Shale
    Rock description Duncan Sandstone And Underlying Hennessey Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Duncan Sandstone
    Rock description Duncan Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.96233, 35.07259

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description About 1 Degree 25' Dip To Nnw Toward Anadarko Basin

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DUNCAN IS ABOUT 209 FT THICK IN AREA AND DIPS NORTHWARD. CHANNEL SANDS AT THE BASE HAVE SPECKS OF MALACHITE IN THE LOWER 3 FT OR MORE. JOHNSON (1962, P. 19, FIG. 2) GIVES GEOLOGY AND PICTURE OF SANDSTONE IN SEC. 23. ON P. 97, HE DESCRIBES AN 0.8-FT TAN SILTSTONE WITH MALACHITE IN NW-NW-NE-27-7N-17W.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Discoverer Kenneth Johnson

Mining district

District name Gotebo District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MALACHITE IN BASAL DUNCAN SANDSTONE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAM, W.E., AND JOHNSON, K.S., 1964, OGS CIRCULAR 64, 32 P.

  • Deposit

    CARR, J.E., AND BERGMAN, D.L., 1976, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 5, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, K.S., 1962, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 99 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1962-1964
Deposit OUTCROP. CHANNEL SANDSTONE AT BASE OF DUNCAN SANDSTONE
Deposit OUTCROP
Deposit HAM AND JOHNSON (1964, P. 9) MENTION THAT COPPER MINERALS OCCUR IN NODULES IN BASAL DUNCAN SANDSTONE NEAR GOTEBO. GEOLOGY BY CARR AND BERGMANN (1976). DETAILED GEOLOGY BY JOHNSON (1962).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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