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Flat Top Mountain-5

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094849
MRDS ID DE01785
Record type Site
Current site name Flat Top Mountain-5

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.28148, 34.85204 (WGS84)
Elevation 454
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 0.9 MI E. TO POND AND OLD TRAIL ROAD SSW FOLLOWING CREEK. GO ABOUT 0.25 MI SSW, FOLLOWING CREEK. WALK ESE ABOUT 1500 FT, CROSSING SMALL CREEK. A SCRAPED AREA SHOULD BE ON THE E. SIDE OF THE CREEK, AT THE FOOT OF FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN. ANOTHER AREA SHOULD BE ABOUT 400 FT SSW ON E. SIDE OF CREEK IN THE NW-NW-SW-SW-NW-2-4N-20W.

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 020W}020W 2 LOC. A}2 LOC. B NE OF SW OF NW OF SW {LOC A}; NW OF NW OF SW OF SW OF NW {LOC B} Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION FOR LOC. A GIVEN ABOVE; ELEVATION FOR LOC. B IS 1480 FT. NICHOLS (1968, P. 5) HAS THESE LOCATED ON A MAP, BUT HIS CORNERS MAY BE OFF, AND THE ABOVE LOCATIONS ARE WITH RESPECT TO CREEK BENDS AND MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHY. ATCHISON (1936, SAMPLE 291-1) LOCATED A SITE ABOUT 300 FT OR MORE N. OF THE NICHOLS SITE, BUT AGAIN, THE CORNERS OF THE SECTION WERE OFF, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE SAME SITE AS NICHOLS' SITE (LOC. A). THIS IS GIVEN AS AN AREA OF 440 BY 440 YARDS BY 24 FT, OR 1,548,800 CUBIC YARDS OF MALACHITE AND AZURITE IN WEATHERED GRANITE. THESE ARE PROBABLY THE SAME AS LOCS. 51 AND 52 OF HALE (1981B, P. 310, 317, MAP), BUT NOT IN DEVILS CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 19.85% CUCO3

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) -99.28148, 34.85204
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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 SHEET
    Thickness 7.32M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 365.76M
    Depth to top 2.44M
    Depth to bottom 7.32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY HYDROTHERMAL VEINS IN LUGERT GRANITE WERE WEATHERED, AND THE COPPER WAS INCORPORATED INTO PERMIAN ARKOSE (HENNESSEY). POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958) ARE SOURCES FOR GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1,548,800 CUBIC YARDS OF ARKOSE, MALACHITE, AND AZURITE AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY WORKED BEFORE 1936. NICHOLS (1968, P. 73) MENTIONED THAT THE AREA WAS BULLDOZED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 310, 317, LOCS. 51-52).

  • Deposit

    ATCHISON, EDGAR, JULY 2, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 291, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

    NICHOLS, C.R., 1968, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 140 P. (P. 5, 73).

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATCHISON (1936) ESTIMATED THAT 1,548,800 CUBIC YARDS OF AZURITE AND MALACHITE WAS AVAILABLE FOR LEACHING.
Deposit THIS AREA WAS PROBABLY WORKED VERY EARLY, BUT NO INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

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