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Panther Canyon-1

Occurrence in Stonewall county in Texas, 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 10022124
MRDS ID DE01953
Record type Site
Current site name Panther Canyon-1
Alternate or previous names Kiowa Peak, Spanish Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.04732, 33.3343 (WGS84)
Elevation 482
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.7 MI BY WINDING ROAD S. OF KIOWA PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stonewall(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kiowa Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aspermont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lubbock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Brazos-Millers(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Stonewall

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Texas

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE GIVEN ABOVE ARE ON SAMPLE 9 OF SMITH (1974). MANVELLA CORDOVA SURVEY. ON S. SIDE OF PANTHER CANYON, 50 FT W. OF ROAD TO KIOWA PEAK, 1.25 MI SSE OF KIOWA PEAK (SAMPLE 9 OF SMITH, 1974, P. 64, 71). CUMMINS (1891) LOCATED TWO ADITS ABOUT A MILE OR MORE SSW OF KIOWA PEAK, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 2500 FT W. AND NW FROM SMITH'S SAMPLE 9 LOCALITY. PRECISE LOCATIONS OF THE OLD COPPER PROSPECTS ARE NOT GIVEN, BUT IF THE ELEVATIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY CORRECT, THE ADITS WOULD HAVE TO BE CONFINED TO PANTHER CANYON ON THE MANVELLA CORDOVA SURVEY PROPERTY. THESE ADITS COULD HAVE BEEN OPENED AS EARLY AS THE 1750'S. SHERRILL (1924) MENTIONED THAT THE SPANISH WERE GOING TO PREPARE A REPORT ON THE COPPER MINES IN 1774. MOORE (1840, P. 14; 1843, P. 3) MENTIONED THAT EARLY EXPLORERS HAD NOTED THE MINES IN THE 1820'S, SUCH AS JUDGE JOHNSON IN 1828. MCCONNELL (1889, P. 215-217, 288-297, ESP. P. 294) WAS ON THE EXPEDITIONS WITH ROESSLER (1872) AND GEORGE MCCLELLAN TO THIS AREA.
  • ROESSLER (1874; 1876, MAP) SHOWS COPPER PROSPECTS IN THE AREA ON THE CORDOVA SURVEY, NEAR KIOWA PEAK AND SOUTH, AMONG 7 PROSPECTS IN THE REGION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RICHARD (1915, P. 644-645, MENTIONS A 2- TO 8-FT BED OF SHALE, 1600 FT LONG, WITH MALACHITE, AZURITE, CHALCOCITE, AND WOOD, ASSAYING 3.7% CU, ON S. SIDE OF DRAW, ABOUT 1 MI S. OF KIOWA PEAK NEAR AN OLD ROAD CROSSING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.16% CU FROM SAMPLE 9 OF SMITH (1974, P. 64, 71). CUMMINS (1891, P. 454) REPORTED 20.8% CU FROM WOODY MATERIAL, AND 4.1% CU FROM 4-FT SHALE FROM ADITS ABOUT 1 MI S. OF KIOWA PEAK.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blaine Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle W. Dip Of 15-30 Ft/Mi Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 15-30 FT/MI W.
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY PATTON (1930), STORM (1929), BARNES (1967), AND SMITH (1974, PL. IV). CUMMINS (MEASURED SEC. 15) MEASURED ABOUT 37 FT OF BEDS IN PANTHER CANYON, ABOUT 1 MI S. OF KIOWA PEAK, SHOWING A 4-FT COPPER SHALE BELOW A 3-FT WHITE SANDSTONE, AND ABOUT 40 FT OF SANDSTONE AND GYPSUM. SMITH (1974, PL. IV) SHOWS THAT THE COPPER IS BELOW THE TOP OF HIS FLOWERPOT.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1755
Discoverer Spanish Miners, Probably From San Antonio

Mining district

District name Kiowa Peak

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Pitcock (Owns 3600 Acres Around Kiowa Peak)
    Home office 2 Mi S. Of Aspermont On Hwy. 83

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. PROBABLY WORKED SINCE 1750'S. UPPER FLOWERPOT, 4 FT OF COPPER-SHALE AND SANDSTONE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings TWO ADITS
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on development

  • GEORGE MCCLELLAN EXPLORED THE AREA IN 1870'S AND 1880'S, ACCORDING TO CUMMINS (1891, P. 406-407, 451, 453-454; 1893, P. 234-235), WHERE THEY PROBABLY OPENED TWO ADITS ABOUT 1 MI S. OF KIOWA PEAK, IN PANTHER CANYON, OPERATING THE GRAND BELT COPPER CO. AND THE WASHINGTON AND TEXAS LAND COPPER CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCONNELL, H.H., 1889, FIVE YEARS A CAVALRYMAN: JACKSBORO, TEXAS, ROGERS AND COMPANY, 319 P. (P. 294).

  • Deposit

    SHERRILL, R.E., 1924, LOST COPPER MINES, ETC., IN LEGENDS OF TEXAS: AUSTIN, TEXAS FOLKLORE SOCIETY, P. 72-77.

  • Deposit

    STORM, L.W., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP, STONEWALL CO.: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, FRANCIS, JR., 1840, MAP AND DESCRIPTION OF TEXAS: PHILADELPHIA, H. TANNER, 143 P. (P. 14).

  • Deposit

    MOORE, FRANCIS, JR., 1843, TELEGRAPH AND TEXAS REGISTER, GALVESTON, OCT. 18, 1843, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1876A, ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876: 146 P. (P. 86-90, MAP).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1876B, MAP OF HASKELL COUNTY, TEXAS (1 IN. = 2 MI). (SHOWS 7 COPPER PROSPECTS)

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1890, P. 359-552, PL. 18 (P. 406-407).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1892, NO. 1, P. 177-238 (P. 234-235, 451, 453-454).

  • Deposit

    PATTON, L.T., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3027, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, LUBBOCK SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 64, 71, PL. IV, SAMPLE 9).

  • Deposit

    RICHARD, L.M., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 7, P. 634-650 (P. 644-645).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: NEW YORK, EDW. WELLKE AND BRO. (1" = 40 MI).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMITH (1974, PL. IV, SAMPLE 9, P. 64, 71) FOUND COPPER IN WOODY MATERIAL IN SANDSTONE IN UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE, ABOUT 50 FT W. OF ROAD, ABOUT 1.25 MI SSE OF KIOWA PEAK AND ABOUT 1000 FT E. OF SOUTH QUARTER-CORNER OF MANVELLA CORDOVA SURVEY, ASSAYING AT 0.16% CU. CUMMINS (1891, P. 406, 454, PL. 18) LOCATED TWO COPPER ADITS SSW OF KIOWA PEAK, ABOUT 1 MILE, AND MEASURED A SECTION OF ABOUT 40 FT (MEAS. SEC. 15), LOCATING A 4-FT BLUE CLAY WITH COPPER BELOW A 3-FT WHITE SANDSTONE AND ABOUT 30 FT OF SANDSTONE AND GYPSUM ASSAYING AT 4.1% CU. SOME WOODY MATERIAL ASSAYED AT 20.8% CU. CUMMINS (1893, P. 234-235) MENTIONED THAT SEVERAL PARTIES PROSPECTED HERE, INCLUDING MCCLELLAN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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