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Parker Prospect

Past Producer in Comanche county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
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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 10021923
MRDS ID DE01713
Record type Site
Current site name Parker Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dr. Starley Mine In 1912

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.62229, 34.70204 (WGS84)
Elevation 439
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO ABOUT 4.5 MI N. OF U.S. HWY. 62, ON OK HWY. 115, N. OF CACHE, TO SHORT ROAD TO CRATER LAKE. GO E. ABOUT 0.2 MI TO DAM. WALK SE ABOUT 1400 FT TO BEND IN FENCE LINE ABOUT 100 FT SE OF SMALL CREEK. IT IS PROBABLY INSIDE THE FENCE LINE., Acc T O 200 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comanche(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Scott(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Comanche

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 003N 014W 25 NEAR CENTER OF NW OF NW OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • LOWRY AND GRIGGS (1936) LOCATED ON MAP A SHAFT, 40 FT DEEP, IN C-SW-SE-NW-25 IN AN E-W QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANOPHYRE ROCK, WITH GALENA, SPHALERITE, BARITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE. THE SHAFT WAS PARTLY FILLED WITH WATER. THIS WOULD BE ABOUT 0.25 MI NW OF SCHOONOVER'S LOCATION. LOWRY AND GRIGGS (1936) GAVE A WRITTEN LOCATION OF SE-SE-SE-NW-25, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 300 FT NW OF SCHOONOVER'S LOCATION. MERRITT, HAM, ANDERSON, AND SOUKUP (1941) LOCATED THE PIT JUST W. OF C-NE-SW-25, BUT THEIR INDIAN HILLS LAKE (CRATER LAKE) WAS OFF. THEY COLLECTED GALENA, SPHALERITE, HEMATITE, AND QUARTZ FROM DUMP. SHAFT WAS FILLED WITH WATER. THEY SAID THAT SNIDER (1912, P. 94-95) DESCRIBED THIS MINE, CALLED STARLEY MINE. SNIDER (1912, P. 95) MENTIONED ANOTHER SHAFT, A FEW HUNDRED YARDS N. OF THE STARLEY, WITH GALENA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Quanah Granite;Post Oak Conglomerate
    Rock description Quanah Granite;Post Oak Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.62229, 34.70204
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Quanah Mountains Block

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form VEIN
    Width 2.13M
    Depth to bottom 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Vein Of Quanah Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1912
Production years 1902-1912?

Mining district

District name Cache

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation
Area name Near Line Between Wichita Mts. Nat. Wildlife Refuge & Ft. Sill Mil. Reserv.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Starley
    First year 1912

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings PARKER PROSPECT (1903)
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 12.19M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings STARLEY PROSPECT (1912)
    Overall depth 21.34M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H.F., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 82-97 (P. 86).

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, E.T., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 31, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, P. 304-319 (P. 316, APPENDIX MAP AND LOCALITIES).

  • Deposit

    SNIDER, L.C., 1912, OGS BULLETIN 9, 97 P. (P. 94-95).

  • Deposit

    LOWRY, ?, AND GRIGGS, J.E., AUGUST 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 790, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., HAM, W.E., ANDERSON, K., AND SOUKUP, J., JULY 1941, SHEET 0422, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    SCHOONOVER, F.B., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 123 P. (MAP).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1902-1912?
Deposit CHALCOPYRITE AND GALENA IN QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANITE.
Deposit SNIDER (1912, P. 94) EXAMINED THE SHAFT TO 70 FT AT BOTTOM, WHILE IT WAS STILL BEING OPERATED. HE TOOK SAMPLES AT 5, 12, 22, 34, 44, 65, AND 70 FT DEEP. THE QUARTZ VEIN HAD MOSTLY GALENA IN GRANITE.
Deposit BAIN (1904, P. 86) SAID THAT IT WAS NOT QUANAH PARKER'S. HALE (1981, APPENDIX MAP) SHOWED IT IN SEC. 25, 3N-14W. SCHOONOVER (1948, MAP) HAS A PBS PROSPECT LOCATED NEAR THE C NW-NW-SE-25 ON SE SIDE OF SMALL CREEK. THIS IS POSSIBLY WITHIN THE FORT SILL MILITARY RESERVATION FENCE.

Reporter information

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

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