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Pearson Prospect

Past Producer in Comanche county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10021931
MRDS ID DE01721
Record type Site
Current site name Pearson Prospect
Alternate or previous names Homestead Mining and Milling Co. Prospect, Camp Homestead Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.56507, 34.69678 (WGS84)
Elevation 430
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO N. ABOUT 4 MI ON BLUE BEAVER VALLEY ROAD TO INTERSECTION WITH SIGNAL MOUNTAIN ROAD. GO NW ABOUT 0.15 MI FROM INTERSECTION. WALK ABOUT 400 FT W.

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 013W 28 SW OF NW OF SE OF SE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION 1500 FT IF IN NE-33. WILSON (1960, P. 15) VISITED THE AREA, STATING THAT THE MINE SLANTED BACK INTO THE HILL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SMELTER AND WAS ABOUT 100 FT DEEP. IT WAS ON THE OLD CIRCLE K RANCH. GRIGGS (1936) CALLED THIS THE KETCH RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Analytical data

Result 17 OZ AG, ABOUT 0.7 OZ AU, AND 35 LBS OF CU PER TON OF ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Quanah Granite
    Rock description Quanah Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.56507, 34.69678
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Quanah Granite Intrusive, Cut By 9 Ft Diabase Dike

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form DIKE
    Strike NW
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 2.74M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 50.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diabase Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHOONOVER (1948) AND GILBERT AND MYERS (1986, P. 108) MAPPED THE GEOLOGY OF THE AREA. THE DIABASE DIKE IS ABOUT 9 FT THICK AND STRIKES NW-SE, ACCORDING TO ROCKWELL (1936). MANY OTHER DIABASE DIKES OCCUR IN THE AREA, ACCORDING TO SCHOONOVER (1948, P. 76-82).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer John Pearson
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1906
Production years 1904-1906?

Mining district

District name Cache

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation
Area name U.S. Army, Fort Sill Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Homestead Mining And Milling Co. Of John Pearson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ketch Ranch

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A 9-FT DIABASE DIKE WITH COPPER MINERALS IS MAIN ORE BODY. WHERE WEATHERED, IT COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE POST OAK CONGLOMERATE (PERMIAN).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings PEARSON PROSPECT (SHAFT)
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SMELTER WAS COMPLETED IN SEPT. 1905 AND USED THROUGH JAN. 1, 1906. IT COULD HANDLE 25 TONS OF ORE PER DAY. IT WAS 20 FT HIGH AND WAS ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE OF MOUNT SHERMAN. IT COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES, ACCORDING TO WILSON (1980, P. 15).

Comments on development

  • IN 1904, THEY DUG TO 50 FT, WITH A 10- TO 25-FT DRIFT. ROCKWELL (1936) EXAMINED THE SHAFT TO 165 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOODRUFF, E.G., 1904, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, 3RD BIENNIAL REPORT, P. 23-36 (P. 27).

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURE AND TREASURE TALES: OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 325 P. (P. 150-151, 154-159).

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.S., 1980, OKLAHOMA TODAY, V. 30, NO. 2, P. 11-15 (P. 15).

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, M.C., AND MYERS, J.D., 1986, OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 107-116 (MAP, P. 108).

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.S., 1960, TRANSACTIONS, OKLAHOMA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, V. 3, P. 12-19 (P. 15).

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, J.E., FEBRUARY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 32, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    ROCKWELL, FLOYD, OCTOBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 833, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    SCHOONOVER, F.E., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 123 P. (P. 76-82).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCKWELL (1936) EXAMINED SHAFT TO 165 FT.
Deposit ROCKWELL (1936) LOCATES THIS IN NW-SE-SE-SE-28-3N-13W., W. OF ROAD. WILSON (1976, P. 151) LOCATES THIS IN SE-NE-NE-33-3N-13W., ABOUT 0.25 MI S. OF ROCKWELL'S LOCATION. SCHOONOVER (1948, P. 80) SAID THAT THE LOCATION WAS ABOUT 1.3 MI BY ROAD E. TO SE OF KETCH LAKE, WHICH WOULD BE CLOSER TO ROCKWELL'S LOCATION IN SEC. 28. GRIGGS (1936) HAD A LOCATION IN SW-SW-NE-SW-28, BUT HIS GEOGRAPHY SEEMED TO BE OFF BY ONE-HALF MILE. WOODRUFF (1904, P. 27) HAD THIS 10 MI NE OF CACHE.

Reporter information

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

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