Mine detail: Parsons-3

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Location: Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.80732, -99.00814
dep_id: 10022004
mrds_id: DE01804
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Magmatic Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
gangue: Diabase, Talc
orebody_fm: DIKE
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Diabase Dike
ore_ctrl: Diabase Dike
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_type: Diabase
arock_unit: Cold Springs Intrusive In Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Wichita Mountains, Cold Springs Intrusive Of Granite And Microdiorite In Raggedy Mountains Gabbro Group
tectonic: Aulacogen
Year first produced: 1903
yr_lst_prd: 1903
disc_yr: 1903
prod_yrs: 1903
discr: Claude Parsons
References:
  • Deposit:: WALPER, J.L., 1951, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 249, NO. 1, P. 47-65.
  • Deposit:: CHASE, G.W., 1950B, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RAGGEDY MOUNTAINS, OGS PRELIMINARY MAP, SCALE 1:31,680.
  • Deposit:: VIDRINE, D.M., AND FERNANDEZ, L.A., 1986B, OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 149-158 (MAP).
  • Deposit:: CHASE, G.W., 1950A, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 108 P.
  • Deposit:: WALPER, J.L., 1949, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 71 P.
  • Deposit:: RYAN, EBEN, NOVEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-45, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.
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