Iron Mountain Se-3

Occurrence in Kiowa county in Oklahoma, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10021976
MRDS ID DE01772
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain Se-3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.91536, 34.81343 (WGS84)
Elevation 469
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 6.2 MI E. OF ROOSEVELT ON OKLAHOMA HWY 19, THEN S. ABOUT 2.9 MI; WALK ABOUT 300 FT W. TO GRAVEL PIT AND OLD 6 FT PROSPECT PIT.

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 016W 18 CENTER OF SE OF SE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • MERRITT (1938, P. 51; 3939, P. 275) MENTIONS THAT MAGNETITE IS EXPOSED IN AN OLD 6 FT PIT, AND THAT MALACHITE AND QUARTZ ARE FOUND IN GRANITE WASH AND IN WEATHERED VEINS IN THE ANORTHOSITE. RODEBUSH (1936) SHOWS LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anorthosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Malachite And Azurite From Chalcopyrite In Granitic Pegmatite Veins In Anorthosite, Weathered With Granite Wash

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Rock unit name Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group-Glen Mountains Layered Complex-Zone M;Post Oak Conglomerate Of Hennessey Group
    Rock description Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group-Glen Mountains Layered Complex-Zone M;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 Hale Spring Pegmatites Of Quanah Granite
    Rock description Hale Spring Pegmatites Of Quanah Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.91536, 34.81343

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
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE WASH WITH MALACHITE CAME FROM ERODED GRANITE AND ANORTHOSITE, AND INCLUDED WEATHERED VEINS OF CHALCOPYRITE IN THE ANORTHOSITE. SPENCER (1961) DISCUSSES THE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer Merritt, Clifford A.

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROP IN OLD GRAVEL PIT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings GRAVEL PIT
    Area 2.024HA
    Length 15.24M
    Width 15.24M
    Height 1.83M
    Overall depth 1.83M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 152.4M
  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED OLD PIT
    Length 1.83M
    Width 1.83M
    Height 1.83M
    Overall depth 1.83M

Comments on development

  • THE PIT WAS USED FOR ROAD GRAVEL IN 1938-1939. THE PREVIOUS PROSPECT PIT WAS PROBABLY NONPRODUCTIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1938, OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, PROCEEDINGS, V. 18, P. 51-55.

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1939, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 3, P. 268-286 (P. 275-278).

  • Deposit

    RODEBUSH, CLARENCE, SEPTEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 427, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEATHERED GRANITE WASH AND ANORTHOSITE WASH, INCLUDING WEATHERED CHALCOPYRITE VEINS IN THE ANORTHOSITE.
Deposit OLD PROSPECT PIT WAS 6 FT DEEP, INTO ANORTHOSITE. THE GRAVEL PIT PROBABLY WAS SMALL. IT IS NOT SHOWN ON QUADRANGLE MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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