Description
Merritt, Clifford A.
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR SHEETS
Ore controlLate Hydrothermal Solutions (Quanah Granite), Dissolved Cu From Anorthosite
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Hale Spring Pegmatites Of Quanah Granite
Associated rockAnorthosite · Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group-Glen Mountains Layered Complex-Zone M;Post Oak Conglomerate Of Hennessey Group
StructureWichita Mountains, Glen Mountains
Tectonic settingAulacogen
AlterationMalachite And Azurite From Chalcopyrite In Granitic Pegmatite Veins In Anorthosite, Weathered With Granite Wash
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10021976
MRDS IDDE01772
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.81343, -98.91536
References
MERRITT, C.A., 1938, OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, PROCEEDINGS, V. 18, P. 51-55.MERRITT, C.A., 1939, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 3, P. 268-286 (P. 275-278).RODEBUSH, CLARENCE, SEPTEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 427, OGS FILE.SPENCER, A.B., 1961, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 46 P.