Description
Claude Parsons
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formVEINS
Ore controlLate Hydrothermal Solutions (Quanah Granite), Dissolved Cu From Anorthosite
Materials
Ore mineralsCuprite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Hale Spring Pegmatites Of Quanah Granite
Associated rockDiabase
StructureWichita Mountains, Glen Mountains
Tectonic settingAulacogen
AlterationMalachite From Cuprite Veins In Anorthosite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1909
Identification
Deposit ID10021977
MRDS IDDE01773
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.81288, -98.94814
References
CHASE, G.W., 1950B, GEOLOGIC MAP OF RAGGEDY MOUNTAINS; OGS PRELIMINARY MAP (1:31,680)RYAN, EBEN, AUGUST 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-3, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.SPENCER, A.B., 1961, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 46 P., MAP.WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, 1936, OGS OPEN FILE SHEET ON T4N-R17W, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.