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Devils Canyon-4

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021993
MRDS ID DE01792
Record type Site
Current site name Devils Canyon-4
Alternate or previous names Hopkins Shaft No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.25148, 34.83149 (WGS84)
Elevation 448
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO N. FROM OLD LUGERT STATION AND CHURCH ON OKLAHOMA HWY 44, 0.3 MI. TURN E. 2.1 MI. TURN S. 3 MI. FOLLOW ROAD S. AND JOGGING W. SEVERAL TIMES FOR ABOUT 2.5 MI. TURN W. 1 MI. FOLLOW UNIMPROVED ROAD NW 0.35 MI TO WHERE SOLDIERS PEAK IS NEAR THE NORTH FORK RIVER. FOLLOW TRAIL ROAD N. ABOUT 0.35 MI TO OLD HOUSE SITE ON RIGHT. WALK ABOUT 300 FT E. TO POND AREA. SOMEPLACE N. OR NE OR E. OF POND SHOULD BE THE OLD SHAFT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blair(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Altus(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 020W 12 SW OF SW OF SW OF NE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • HALE (1981B, P. 312, 318, LOC. 8), WHO QUOTED RYAN (1936, SHEET KR-35), SAID THAT IN 1908 A. HYMER SANK A SHAFT ON ALBERT HOPKINS' PLACE, JUST S. OF DEVILS CANYON, NEAR THE LEE WINTERS PLACE. LOC. 8 WAS A COPPER SHAFT. POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958) MAPPED THE GEOLOGY OF THE AREA. RYAN (JULY 1936, SHEET KR-35) GIVES THIS AS NE-NE-NW-SE-12, WHICH WOULD BE IN ALLUVIUM. IT IS PROBABLY IN SW-SW-SW-NE-SE-12, AS DISCUSSED IN (4007523). RYAN AND WINNETT (1936, SHEET 2004) HAVE A HOPKINS SHAFT DUG BY A. HYMER IN SW-SW-SE-NW-NE-12, WITH SAME DESCRIPTION, IN 1903. THIS WAS PROBABLY IN THE N2-NE-NE-SW-NE-12 AS SHOWN BY POLK (1948) (CALLED HOPKINS NO. 1 BY ME).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Reformatory Granite
    Rock description Reformatory Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.25148, 34.83149
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Reformatory Granite Intrusive

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form DIKE
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diabase Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKE CUTS REFORMATORY GRANITE. POLK (1948) AND MERRITT (1958) DISCUSS GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Discoverer Albert Hopkins
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1908
Production years 1908

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hymer, A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hopkins, Albert
    First year 1903

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBLY AN OLDER REWORKED SHAFT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings HOPKINS SHAFT #2
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 9.75M

Comments on development

  • POSSIBLY AN OLDER REWORKED PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 312, 318, LOCS. 8, 44).

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1958, OGS BULLETIN 76, 70 P.

  • Deposit

    POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENGR. THESIS, 87 P.

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, AND WINNETT, LESTER, JUNE 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 2004, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, JULY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-35, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIABASE DIKE CUTS REFORMATORY GRANITE
Deposit RYAN (1936, SHEET KR-35) HAS ORIGINAL INFORMATION.

Reporter information

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

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