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Brown Prospect

Past Producer in Major 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 10022018
MRDS ID DE01819
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.54952, 36.34507 (WGS84)
Elevation 401
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 4.5 MI W. OF ORIENTA ON OKLAHOMA HWY. 15. TURN S. 1.2 MI. WALK E. ABOUT 600 FT (STAYING N. OF LOCAL FENCE).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Major(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glass Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairview(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Woodward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cimarron-Eagle Chief(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Major

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 022N 013W 36 SE OF NE OF SW OF NW OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • SEVERAL PITS 10 FT OR MORE IN DIAMETER ARE PRESENT. ONE PIT WAS A MAIN SHAFT, DUG 100 FT DEEP FOR NATIVE COPPER IN FLOWERPOT SHALE, BY A MR. BROWN IN 1919, ON PROPERTY ONCE OWNED BY AARON PENNER. THERE IS PART OF AN OLD BUCKET DREDGE AND OTHER METAL SHEETS LYING AROUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot 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 > Shale
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.54952, 36.34507
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Westward Dip About 15 Ft/Mile

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form SHEET
    Strike NNW
    Dip 15 FT/MI WSW
    Depth to top 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound, Reducing Environment

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COPPER WOULD BE ABOUT 240-340 FT BELOW TOP OF FLOWERPOT. MORTON (1980) AND FAY (1965, P. 179-182, MEASURED SEC. 16) GIVE GEOLOGY. THE FLOWERPOT SHALE IS ABOUT 376 FT THICK IN THIS AREA.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919
Discoverer Mr. Brown
Year of first production 1919
Year of last production 1919
Production years 1919

Mining district

District name Glass Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Brown
    First year 1919
  • Type Owner
    Owner Aaron Penner
    First year 1919

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUPPOSEDLY, NATIVE COPPER IN LOWER FLOWERPOT SHALE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings BROWN PROSPECT
    Area 0.405HA
    Length 3.05M
    Width 3.05M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • HISTORY UNKNOWN. A 1-YARD BUCKET IS AT SITE, ALONG WITH SOME SHEET METAL.

Comments on development

  • ALTHOUGH ONE SHAFT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DUG 100 FT DEEP, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OTHER SURFACE PITS WERE DUG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, R.B., 1980, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 8.

  • Deposit

    FAY, R.O., 1965, OGS BULLETIN 106, 189 P. (P. 179-182).

  • Deposit

    FAY, R.O., APRIL 2, 1973, OGS, TRIP TO MAJOR CO., OKLAHOMA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAY (APRIL 1973) IS FIRST REFERENCE.
Deposit SUPPOSEDLY, NATIVE COPPER OCCURRED IN THIN SHEETS IN THE RED-BROWN SHALE. I COULD NOT FIND SPECIMENS.

Reporter information

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

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