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Otter Creek Valley Deposit

Prospect in Kiowa county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Titanium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10297407
MRDS ID W001347
MAS/MILS ID 0400750097
Record type Site
Current site name Otter Creek Valley Deposit
Related records 10068342

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -98.99476, 34.6668 (WGS84)
Elevation 405
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snyder(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawton(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 002 N 017 W 09 Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Illite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -98.99476, 34.6668
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.6M
    Length 14481M
    Width 2012M
    Depth to top 5.9M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 1.8
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5.9
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.8
    Date of Last Modification 820602
  • Area 3050HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3050
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1952
Mining method Alluvial Mining
Milling method Magnetic

Mining district

District name None

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner No Clear Deposit Owner (Numerous Individual Landholders)
    Year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • PERCENT RECOVERY FOR TIO2 AND CB2O5 IN RECORD A IS ACTUALLY 79.2.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Indicated 339581000mt ore
    Demonstrated 339581000mt ore
    Total resources 339581000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 1.24 wt-pct Titanium Major 1962
    Niobium (Columbium) Cb2O5 0.0039 wt-pct Niobium (Columbium) Trace 1962

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX QUANTITY AND ASSAY GRADE ARE ESTIMATES DERIVED FROM PUBLISHED RESOURCE FIGURES; THE ESTIMATES REFLECT THE OMISSION OF THAT PORTION OF THE ORE DEPOSIT, AS ORIGINALLY DEFINED, WHICH IS NOW FLOODED BY A RESERVOIR. ACTUAL MATRIX QUANTITY FIGURE IS 317,359,300 METRIC TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2914HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ALLUVIAL MINING
    Swell Factor .83
    Percent Waste Rock 43.8
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 5.9
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 7.6
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 35
    Capacity 32000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 749
    Unit Production Cost 1.06
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARTON, W. R. COLUMBIUM AND TANTALUM--A MATERIALS SURVEY.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BUMINES IC 8120, 1962, 110 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HAHN, A. D., AND M. M. FINE. EXAMINATION OF ILMENITE-BEAR-

  • Reserve-Resource

    ING SANDS IN OTTER CREEK VALLEY, KIOWA AND TILLMAN COUN-

  • Reserve-Resource

    TIES, OKLA. BUMINES RI 5577, 1960, 77 PP.

  • Deposit

    DOOLEY III, G. J. TITANIUM PRODUCTION: ILMENITE VS. RU-

  • Deposit

    TILE. JOURNAL OF METALS, MARCH 1975, PP. 8-16.

  • Deposit

    ELGER, G. W., D. E. KIRBY, S. C. RHOADS, AND W. A. STICKNEY.

  • Deposit

    SYNTHESIS OF RUTILE FROM DOMESTIC ILMENITES. BUMINES RI

  • Deposit

    7985, 1974, 19 PP.

  • Deposit

    HAVENS, J. S. RECONNAISSANCE OF THE WATER RESOURCES OF THE

  • Deposit

    LAWTON QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. OKLA. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY MAP HA-6, 1977, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, K. S. BOOK I: INTRODUCTION, GUIDELINES, AND GEO-

  • Deposit

    LOGIC HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA, IN GUIDEBOOK FOR GEOLOGIC

  • Deposit

    FIELD TRIPS IN OKLAHOMA (PRELIMINARY VERSION). OKLA.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EDUC. PUB. 2, 1971, 15 PP.

  • Deposit

    _____. MINERAL MAP OF OKLAHOMA (EXCLUSIVE OF OIL AND GAS

  • Deposit

    FIELDS). OKLA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GM-15, 1969, SCALE 1:

  • Deposit

    750,000.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, K. S., R. E. DENISON, D. C. BROCKIE, H. E. HUNTER,

  • Deposit

    AND N. L. SCOFIELD. IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE WICHITA MOUN-

  • Deposit

    TAINS AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PERMIAN ROCKS IN SOUTH-

  • Deposit

    WESTERN OKLAHOMA. GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD TRIP NO. 6, PREP.

  • Deposit

    BY OKLA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR ANN. MEETING, GEOL. SOC. AMER-

  • Deposit

    ICA, DALLAS, TEX., NOVEMBER 1973, 33 PP.

  • Deposit

    KERR-MCGEE CORPORATION. 1976 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 12-13.

  • Deposit

    LYND, L. E. TITANIUM. BUMINES MCP-18, AUGUST 1978, 19 PP.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, J. A. TITANIUM--A MATERIALS SURVEY. BUMINES IC

  • Deposit

    7791, SEPTEMBER 1957, 202 PP.

  • Deposit

    NIEBERLEIN, V. A. LOW-TEMPERATURE CHLORINATION OF COLUM-

  • Deposit

    BIUM-BEARING TITANIUM MINERALS. BUMINES RI 5349, JULY

  • Deposit

    1957, 15 PP.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, E. C. TITANIUM RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES IC 8290, 1966, 65 PP.

  • Deposit

    STIPP, H. E. COLUMBIUM. BUMINES MCP-10, JANUARY 1978, 12

  • Deposit

    PP.

  • Deposit

    STONE, G. T. (ED.). THE STRUCTURE AND IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE

  • Deposit

    WICHITA MOUNTAINS, OKLAHOMA. FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, PREP.

  • Deposit

    FOR 1ST ANN. MEETING, SOUTH-CENTRAL SEC., GEOL. SOC.

  • Deposit

    AMERICA, NORMAN, OKLA., APRIL 1967, 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. GLEN MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRA-

  • Deposit

    PHIC MAP), OKLAHOMA--KIOWA CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1956,

  • Deposit

    SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    _____. LAWTON QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), OKLAHOMA--TEX-

  • Deposit

    AS. 1 DEG. X 2 DEG. SERIES, 1974 REV., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    _____. LONG MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), OKLAHO-

  • Deposit

    MA. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1964, SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    _____. ROOSEVELT QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), OKLAHOMA--

  • Deposit

    KIOWA CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1964, SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    _____. SNYDER QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), OKLAHOMA--KIOWA

  • Deposit

    CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1956, SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    _____. TIPTON QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), OKLAHOMA. 7.5

  • Deposit

    MINUTE SERIES, 1964, SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    _____. TIPTON SE QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

    7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1964, SCALE 1:24,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Osmonson U.S. Bureau of Mines

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