| Deposit ID | 10021927 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01717 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Eagle Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Parker Brothers Mine 1904, Bonanza Mine 1906 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.72091, 34.71621 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 555 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | GO ABOUT 1.75 MI S. OF INTERSECTION OF OK HWY 49, ON THE REFUGE HEADQUARTERS ROAD, TO FAWN CREEK. WALK WEST 3700 FT OR MORE TO HEAD OF CREEK, TO MINE ON SW SIDE OF HEAD OF CREEK, IN CHARONS GARDEN WILDERNESS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Comanche(county)
Oklahoma(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Quanah Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lawton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
West Cache(hydrologic unit)
Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)
Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oklahoma | Comanche |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian | 003N | 014W | 19 | NW OF NW OF NW OF SW OF NW OF SW | Oklahoma |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Granite | Gangue |
| Result | 6.1% PB (PARKER BROTHERS MINE) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quanah Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quanah Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -98.72091, 34.71621 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wichita Mountains |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Quanah Granite Intrusive |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | VEIN |
| Dip | VERTICAL? |
| Depth to bottom | 38.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| Year of first production | 1904 |
| Year of last production | 1906 |
| Production years | 1904-1906? |
| District name | Cache |
|---|
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Parker Brothers In ; T.E. Cook And Son Bert |
| First year | 1906 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | COPPER EAGLE SHAFT |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Length | 2.44M |
| Width | 2.44M |
| Overall depth | 21.34M |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | PARKER BROTHERS SHAFT |
| Overall depth | 17.07M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01717 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | OK-COM-07 |
SNIDER, L.C., 1912, OGS BULLETIN 9, 97 P. (P. 95-96).
WOODRUFF, E.G., 1904, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, 3RD BIENNIAL REPORT, P. 23-36 (P. 27).
WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURE AND TREASURE TALES: OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 325 P. (P. 174).
WILSON, C.S., 1980, OKLAHOMA TODAY, V. 30, NO. 2, P. 11-15 (P. 15).
GILBERT, M.C., 1982B, OGS GUIDEBOOK 21, P. 130-134 (P. 131, FIG. 137).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SNIDER (1912, P. 95) MENTIONED THAT THE MINE WAS VISITED AND THAT IT HAD MALACHITE STAINS. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO ACCURATE LOCATION OTHER THAN ABOUT 5 MI W. OF THE STARLEY MINE. I WILL ASSUME IT IS THE BONANZA MINE AND ALSO THE PARKER BROTHERS MINE, BUT ALL OF THESE COULD BE DIFFERENT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1992 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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