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Parsons-4

Past Producer 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. 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 10022005
MRDS ID DE01805
Record type Site
Current site name Parsons-4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.01842, 34.80732 (WGS84)
Elevation 439
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO N. FROM COLD SPRINGS ABOUT 1.1 MI. TURN W. ABOUT 0.7 MI. WALK S. ABOUT 1700 FT TO S. SIDE OF SMALL HILL, ABOUT 200 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roosevelt(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 017W 20 SE OF NW OF SW OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • E. OF SECTION LINE AND 300 FT NE OF SL&SF RAILROAD TRACKS. IT IS AN 18-FT SHAFT, WITH COPPER MINERALS, DUG ABOUT 1903. MR. PARSONS SAID THAT H.F. BAIN HAD VISITED THE HOLE IN 1903 BUT DID NOT MENTION IT IN HIS REPORT. METAL TOOLS, LEFT IN THE HOLE OVERNIGHT, WERE COVERED WITH COPPER STAIN THE NEXT DAY, ACCORDING TO PARSONS. RYAN (NOV. 1936, SHEET KR-45) DISCUSSES THE PROSPECTS. THIS IS 1 OF 5 THAT OCCURS ON A DIABASE DIKE, STRIKING SLIGHTLY WNW, WITH COPPER MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH TALC. CHASE (1950A,B), WALPER (1949, 1951), AND VIDRINE AND FERNANDEZ (1986B) DISCUSS THE GEOLOGY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Rock unit name Glen Mountains Layered Complex
    Rock description Glen Mountains Layered Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.01842, 34.80732
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Glen Mountains Layered Complex (Anorthosite) Cut By Dike

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form DIKE
    Strike WNW TO W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diabase Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • A DIABASE DIKE, WEATHERED TO TALC, CUTS OLDER ANORTHOSITE AND CONCENTRATED THE COPPER MINERALS. WITH LATER EROSION, THE COPPER COULD HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE HENNESSEY GROUP OF RED BEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Claude Parsons
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1903
Production years 1903

Mining district

District name Cold Springs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Claude Parsons

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COPPER MINERALS IN DIABASE DIKE EXTENDS E-W FOR SEVERAL MILES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 5.49M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALPER, J.L., 1951, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 249, NO. 1, P. 47-65.

  • Deposit

    CHASE, G.W., 1950B, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RAGGEDY MOUNTAINS, OGS PRELIMINARY MAP, SCALE 1:31,680.

  • Deposit

    VIDRINE, D.M., AND FERNANDEZ, L.A., 1986B, OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 149-158 (MAP).

  • Deposit

    CHASE, G.W., 1950A, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    WALPER, J.L., 1949, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 71 P.

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, NOVEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-45, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DIKE WAS TRACED FOR SEVERAL MILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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