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Brewer Prospect

Past Producer in Kiowa 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 10021978
MRDS ID DE01774
Record type Site
Current site name Brewer Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.97258, 34.72288 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO ABOUT 2 MI N. OF MOUNTAIN PARK ON U.S. HWY 183, TURN W. ABOUT 1.4 MI, WALK S. ABOUT 800 FT.

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 003N}003N}003N}003N 017W}017W}017W}017W 22 LOC. A}22 LOC. B}22 LOC. C}22 LOC. D NE OF NE OF SW OF NW OF NE {LOC A}; NW OF NW OF SW OF NW OF NE {LOC B}; CENTER OF SE OF NE OF NW {LOC C}; SW OF NW OF SW OF NE OF NE {LOC D} Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION OF LOC. A IS GIVEN ABOVE; ELEVATIONS OF LOCS. B, C, AND D ARE 1380, 1425, AND 1390, RESPECTIVELY. EBEN RYAN, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-15, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE, SHOWS SHAFT IN NE-NE-SW-NW-NE-22. HALE (1981B, P. 311, 317, MAP) QUOTES THIS LOCATION. WOODRUFF (1904, P. 32) GIVES 3 MI N. OF MOUNTAIN PARK. THREE MORE SHAFTS WERE REPORTED, WITHIN ABOUT 1200 FT OF THIS SHAFT (HALE, 1981B, P. 311, 317, MAP), QUOTING RYAN (1936) WHO SHOWS LOCATIONS. RYAN REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT FIND ANY MINERALS OF VALUE. DE BARR (1904, P. 34, 36) AND WOODRUFF (1904, P. 32) REPORTED FINDING COPPER AND SILVER VALUES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES TAKEN FROM SHAFT DIRECTLY. THREE MORE SHAFTS WERE NOTED, ABOUT 1200 FT FROM AREA. I DO NOT KNOW IF SOME OF THE ASSAYED SPECIMENS CAME FROM THOSE PROSPECTS. THE MAIN SHAFT WAS 130 FT DEEP IN OCTOBER 1904. THE DEPTH WAS 200 FT IN 1936.

Analytical data

Result 5% C, 3% CU, 3.5% CU FROM SAMPLES 9, 10, AND 11. AG - 1.5 OZ/TON OF ORE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Mount Scott Granite;Hennessey Group
    Rock description Mount Scott Granite;Hennessey Group
    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) -98.97258, 34.72288
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mount Scott Granite Intrusive

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form TALCOSE DIABASE DIKE
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diabase Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HENNESSEY POSSIBLY SURROUNDED THE AREA, AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT COPPER COULD HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE HENNESSEY SEA. GILBERT AND MYERS (1986, P. 108, MAP) SHOW GEOLOGY OF AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer Jim Brewer (A Merchant In Mountain Park In 1936)
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1905
Production years 1904-1905

Mining district

District name Mountain Park

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jim Brewer

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings BREWER SHAFT
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT WAS 130-200 FT DEEP. THREE OTHERS, ABOUT 500 YARDS TO W., HAVE UNKNOWN DEPTHS.

Comments on development

  • HALE (1981B, P. 311) SAID THAT JIM BREWER DUG A 200 FT SHAFT IN 1904. WOODRUFF (1904, P. 32) SAID THE MAIN SHAFT WAS 130 FT DEEP, AND WORK WAS SUSPENDED IN OCTOBER 1904.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOODRUFF, E.G., 1904, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, 3RD BIENNIAL REPORT, P. 23-36 (P. 32, 34, 36).

  • Deposit

    DE BARR, EDWIN, 1904, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, 3RD BIENNIAL REPORT, P. 34-36 (P. 34, 36).

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 311, 317, MAP).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-15, KIOWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, OGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN MOUNT SCOTT GRANITE

Reporter information

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

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