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Iron Mountain Se-1

Occurrence 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. 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 10091725
MRDS ID DE01770
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain Se-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.9273, 34.83038 (WGS84)
Elevation 456
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 4.2 MI E. OF ROOSEVELT ON OKLAHOMA HWY 19, THEN 2 MI S., THEN 1.4 MI E. TO ROAD TO GRAVEL PITS; FOLLOW ROAD NNW ABOUT 0.3 MI TO GRAVEL PITS ON E. SIDE.

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 7 NW OF NW OF SE OF SW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE. RYAN AND VEEDER (1936) SHOW A MAGNETITE VEIN STRIKING WNW THROUGH THE AREA OF THESE PITS, WITH NOTICE OF MALACHITE IN GRANITE WASH ABOUT 20 FT THICK. THE BEDROCK IS OLIVINE GABBRO (TROCTOLITE), AND THE MAGNETITE VEIN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT 16 FT THICK. SUPPOSEDLY, CUPRITE VEINS OCCUR IN THE TROCTOLITE, CUTTING THE MAGNETITE, DERIVED FROM HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS OF LATER INTRUDED GRANITES. CHASE (1950, P. 42-48) DISCUSSES THE GEOLOGY. MERRITT (1938, P. 51, 53-54) ALSO DISCUSSED THIS. SPENCER (1961) HAS GEOLOGY OF AREA. MAYES (1947, P. 9-10) LOCATED THE LAST DRIVE CLAIM NEAR C-NE-7, JUST S. OF GLEN CREEK, ABOUT 0.5 MI N. OF THIS AREA. RODEBUSH (1936) LOCATED TWO MINES IN THE N2 OF NE OF SW OF 7, WHICH WOULD BE N. OF THIS AREA AND PROBABLY INCLUDED THE BLACK DIAMOND MINE OF BAIN (1904, P. 89, SAMPLE W-72).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHASE (1950A, P. 44-48) IS MAIN SOURCE FOR COPPER VEINS IN THIS AREA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

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

Analytical data

Result 0.01% CU IN TITANCLINOHUMITE, BY HUANG (1957). 0.005% CU IN OLIVINE, BY HUANG (1957).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Troctolite
    Rock unit name Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group-Glen Mountains Layered Complex-Zone G;Post Oak Conglomerate In Hennessey Group
    Rock description Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group-Glen Mountains Layered Complex-Zone G;Post Oak Conglomerate In 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) -98.9273, 34.83038
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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 MAGNETITE, VEIN, WEATHERED, WITH CUPRITE-CHALCOPYRITE VEINS 0.5-1.5 IN. THICK
    Strike WNW
    Dip 15-30NNE
    Length 853.44M
    Width 4.88M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HENNESSEY ONLAPS THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS AND CONTAINS WEATHERED REMNANTS OF LOCAL IGNEOUS ROCKS, SUCH AS GABBRO, GRANITE, AND SO FORTH, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED WEATHERED COPPER VEINS. CHASE (1950, P. 48) STATES THAT THE VEINS ARE 0.5 IN. THICK AND ARE ZONED, WITH CUPRITE IN THE MIDDLE, METALLIC COPPER ON EITHER SIDE, FOLLOWED BY MALACHITE, THEN AZURITE ON THE OUTSIDE. 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 1936
Discoverer Eben Ryan And J.A. Veeder

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MOSTLY OUTCROP OF GRANITE WASH CONTAINING TROCTOLITE COBBLES, ETC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED GRAVEL PIT
    Area 1.214HA
    Length 182.88M
    Width 121.92M
    Height 2.44M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOSTLY GRANITE WASH WITH MALACHITE IN GRAVEL PIT.

Comments on development

  • RYAN AND VEEDER (1936), SHEET 1, HAVE MAGNETITE AND MALACHITE, MOSTLY IN S1/2 OF SW-7-4N-16W. MOSTLY WEATHERED MALACHITE IS FOUND; NOT IN PLACE.

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., 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. 277).

  • Deposit

    HUANG, W.T., 1957, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 42, P. 686-688, 1 TABLE.

  • Deposit

    CHASE, G.W., 1950, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 108 P. (P. 44-48).

  • Deposit

    MAYES, J.W., 1947, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 45 P. (P. 9-10, SPOTS LAST DRIVE CLAIM AS NEAR C-NE-7, JUST S. OF GLEN CREEK).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, AND VEEDER, J.A., OCTOBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 1, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAGNETITE VEIN IN TROCTOLITE (OLIVINE GABBRO) IS CUT BY THE CUPRITE-CHALCOPYRITE VEINS OF THE GRANITE PEGMATITES. THESE ARE WEATHERED. SEE CHASE (1950, P. 44-48), MERRITT (1938, P. 51, 53, 54), MERRITT (1939, P. 277-278), AND RYAN AND VEEDER (1936).
Deposit SEVERAL MINES IN SEC. 7 ARE MENTIONED BY BAIN (1904, P. 89, SAMPLES W-71 (LAST DRIVE CLAIM) AND W-72 (BLACK DIAMOND MINE)), SAID TO CONTAIN COPPER; COLLECTED BY CAPT. ANDREW JACKSON MEERS. W-71 WAS A 3-FT PIT AND W-72 WAS 12 FT WIDE NEAR C-NE-7, S. OF GLEN CREEK.

Reporter information

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

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