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Iron Mountain Se-2

Past Producer in Kiowa county in Oklahoma, 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. Alteration
  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 10021975
MRDS ID DE01771
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain Se-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.92619, 34.83288 (WGS84)
Elevation 456
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 4.2 MI E. OF ROOSEVELT ON OK HWY 19, THEN 2 MI S., THEN 1.4 MI E. TO ROAD TO GRAVEL PITS; FOLLOW ROAD ABOUT 0.5 MI NNW (WINDING) TO END; WALK 200 FT OR MORE NNE TO CUTS IN PITS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glen Mountains(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 004N}004N 016W}016W 7}7 NW OF SE OF NW OF NE OF SW OF SE OF NW OF NE OF NE OF SW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION OF LOC. A (AN OLD SHAFT OF RODEBUSH, 1936, NOW POSSIBLY IN GRAVEL PIT) IS GIVEN ABOVE; ELEVATION OF LOC. B (AN OLD SHAFT OF RODEBUSH, 1936) IS 1485 FT. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF LOC. A ARE GIVEN ABOVE; FOR LOC. B THEY ARE 34-50-01N AND 098-55-27W. GRAVEL PITS USED FOR ROAD MATERIAL. GRANITE WASH WITH WEATHERED OLIVINE GABBRO AND TROCTOLITE. THE SIDES OF THE PITS HAVE EXPOSED TROCTOLITE, WITH CUPRITE-CHALCOPYRITE-COPPER VEINS, ALTERED TO MALACHITE AND AZURITE. TWO OLD PROSPECT PITS WERE MENTIONED BY BAIN (1904, P. 89), WITH SAMPLES (W-71, W-72) COLLECTED BY CAPT. ANDREW JACKSON MEERS. THE SAMPLES WERE SAID TO CONTAIN COPPER, BUT BAIN DID NOT MENTION THESE IN HIS ANALYSES. BAIN DID NOT GIVE AN ACCURATE LOCATION WITHIN SEC. 7, BUT THE NEW QUADRANGLE MAP SHOWS A PROSPECT PIT IN THE SW-SW-NE OF SW OF SEC. 7. MAYES (1947, P. 9-10) SAID THAT LAST DRIVE CLAIM WAS NEAR C-NE-7, JUST S. OF GLEN CREEK, WHICH WOULD BE 0.25 MI N. OF THIS AREA. RODEBUSH (1936, SHEET 425) LOCATES
  • TWO SHAFTS IN THE N2 OF NE OF SW OF 7, ONE OF WHICH COULD BE ONE OF BAIN'S SAMPLE W-72, BLACK DIAMOND MINE. BAIN'S SAMPLE W-71 WAS FROM THE LAST DRIVE CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHASE (1950A) IS SOURCE FOR REFERENCE TO COPPER VEINS IN GRAVEL PITS.

Alteration

  • (Local) Malachite And Azurite From Veins In Troctolite, In Granite Wash, 20 Ft Thick In Hennessey Group

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Troctolite
    Rock unit name Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group (Hen Mountains Layered Complex-Zone G);Post Oak Conglomerate Of Hennessey Group
    Rock description Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group (Hen Mountains Layered Complex-Zone G);Post Oak Conglomerate Of Hennessey Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Wichita Granite Group
    Rock description Wichita Granite Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.92619, 34.83288
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Glen Mountains

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form IRREGULAR SHEETS
    Strike MAGNETITE VEINS E-W
    Dip MAGNETITE VEINS 15-30N
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Late Hydrothermal Solutions (Quanah Granite), Dissolved Cu From Troctolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPENCER (1961) DISCUSSES THE GEOLOGY. CHASE (1950A) ALSO DISCUSSES THE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Capt. Andrew Jackson Meer?
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1904
Production years 1901-1904? FOR TWO OLD PROSPECT PITS

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Capt. Andrew Jackson Meers? For Old Prospects

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IF THE REGION WERE BULLDOZED TO BEDROCK, AND THIS ROCK CRUSHED AND LEACHED, IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO RECOVER COPPER. ALSO, MORE VEINS MIGHT BE EXPOSED. DRILLING COULD FIND WIDER VEINS AT DEPTH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED PITS
    Area 12.141HA
    Length 304.8M
    Width 304.8M
    Height 6.1M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 1000M

Comments on the workings information

  • CHASE (1950A, P. 44-48) FIRST MENTIONS THE PITS. MERRITT (1939, P. 277-279) MENTIONS CHALCOPYRITE, MALACHITE, AND AZURITE, BUT MAKES NO MENTION OF THE PITS. BAIN (1904, P. 89) DESCRIBES THE LAST DRIVE CLAIM (3 FT PIT IN GABBRO WITH 2 FT IRON CAP) AND BLACK DIAMOND MINE (10-12 FT WIDE) WITH ROCKS LIKE LAST DRIVE, BUT GIVES NO ACCURATE LOCATION. THE QUADRANGLE MAP SHOWS PROSPECT PIT IN SW-SW-NE-SW7. RODEBUSH (1936) SHOWS 2 SHAFTS IN N2-NE-SW-7.

Comments on development

  • UNDER DEVELOPMENT STATUS, 2, INACTIVE PROSPECT SHOULD ALSO BE CHECKED. THE PITS ARE USED FOR ROAD GRAVEL. COPPER WAS NEVER PRODUCED. BAIN (1904, P. 89) MENTIONS TWO OLD PROSPECT PITS IN SEC. 7 BUT GIVES NO PRECISE LOCATIONS. THE SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED BY CAPT. ANDREW JACKSON MEERS AND SAID TO CONTAIN COPPER. THE LAST DRIVE CLAIM WAS LOCATED NEAR C-NE-7 BY MAYES (1947, P. 9-10) S. OF GLEN CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H.F., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 82-97 (P. 89).

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1939, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 3, P. 268-286 (P. 277-279).

  • Deposit

    CHASE, G.W., 1950A, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 108 P. (P. 44-48, 73-75, 86-87, 93, 99).

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, A.B., 1961, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    RODEBUSH, CLARENCE, SEPTEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 425, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    MAYES, J.W., 1947, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 87 P. (P. 9-10, LISTS LAST DRIVE CLAIM NEAR C-NE-7, S. OF GLEN CREEK).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1901? FOR PROSPECT PITS; 1940-1950 FOR GRAVEL PITS
Deposit WEATHERED GRANITE WASH AND TROCTOLITE WASH. CHASE (1950A, P. 44-48, 73-75, 87) DESCRIBES THE MAGNETITE VEINS IN THE TROCTOLITE; WITH PICTURE. BAIN (1904, P. 89) DESCRIBES TWO PROSPECT PITS, ONE OF WHICH IS PROBABLY SHOWN ON QUADRANGLE MAP. MAYES (1947, P. 9-10) HAS LAST DRIVE CLAIM NEAR C-NE-7, JUST S. OF GLEN CREEK, WHICH WOULD BE N. OF THIS AREA. RODEBUSH (1936) HAS 2 PITS WITHIN THE AREA IN N2-NE-SW-7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-92 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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