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Iron Mountain South

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 10021977
MRDS ID DE01773
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain South

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.94814, 34.81288 (WGS84)
Elevation 482
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 4.2 MI E. OF ROOSEVELT ON OKLAHOMA HWY 19, THEN 2 MI S., THEN 1 MI E., THEN ABOUT 1 MI S. ALONG UNIMPROVED ROAD. WALK 200 FT W. TO APPROXIMATE POSITION OF PROSPECT.

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 017W 13 SE OF SE OF SE OF SE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • WPA PROJECT (1936-1937) LIST OF LOCALITIES FOR 4N-17W, KIOWA CO., ON FILE WITH OGS, HAS COMMENT THAT THIS IS ON A QUARTZ DIKE THAT EXTENDS WNW FOR 45 MI. ALSO, CUPRITE AND MALACHITE OCCUR ON A DIABASE DIKE IN A 10-FT HOLE DUG BY A CLAUDE PARSONS. MR. PARSONS DUG A NUMBER OF PROSPECTS IN THIS TOWNSHIP FROM 1902 TO 1916. RYAN (1936, AUG., SHEET KR-3) LISTS THIS AS A SHALLOW HOLE, 10 FT DEEP, IN A DIABASE DIKE WITH CUPRITE AND MALACHITE, DUG BY CLAUDE PARSONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Malachite From Cuprite Veins In Anorthosite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    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) -98.94814, 34.81288
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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 VEINS
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HENNESSEY COULD HAVE REWORKED THE AREA, AND COPPER COULD HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE HENNESSEY SEA. CHASE (1950B) AND SPENCER (1961) SHOW GEOLOGY OF AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer Claude Parsons

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 10-FT PROSPECT PIT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.405HA
    Length 1.83M
    Width 1.83M
    Height 3.05M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on development

  • CLAUDE PARSONS DUG PROSPECTS FROM 1902-1916 IN REGION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHASE, G.W., 1950B, GEOLOGIC MAP OF RAGGEDY MOUNTAINS; OGS PRELIMINARY MAP (1:31,680)

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, AUGUST 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-3, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, 1936, OGS OPEN FILE SHEET ON T4N-R17W, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10-FT HOLE DUG ON A DIABASE DIKE
Deposit Discovery Year: 1902-1916?

Reporter information

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

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