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Devils Canyon-2

Past Producer in Kiowa county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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 10021992
MRDS ID DE01790
Record type Site
Current site name Devils Canyon-2
Alternate or previous names Hopkins Shaft No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.25148, 34.83816 (WGS84)
Elevation 454
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO N. OF 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, PASSING BY THE OLD LEE WINTERS HOUSE ON THE N. SIDE OF THE ROAD AT 0.25 M. FOLLOW TRAIL ROAD N. INTO DEVILS CANYON ABOUT 0.6 MI, NEAR SPUR OF SOLDIERS SPRING MOUNTAIN. WALK E. ABOUT 1000 FT TO ABOUT 300 FT E. OF HEAD OF POND.

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 N2 OF NE OF NE OF SW OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • POLK (1948, P. 57-58, MAP) MENTIONED DIABASE FLOAT ON THE DUMP. SOME OF THE DIABASE DIKES HAVE PYRITE. POLK DESIGNATED THE PROSPECT PIT AS POSSIBLY COPPER. HALE (1981B, P. 310, 317, LOCALITY 1) SAID THAT A. HYMER DUG A 32 FT SHAFT ON THE ALBERT HOPKINS CLAIM IN 1903, WHICH SHOWED GOLD AND 2 OZ SILVER PER TON OF ROCK. THE SHAFT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE S. OF THE ENTRANCE TO DEVILS CANYON. HALE QUOTED RYAN AND WINNETT (1936, SHEET 2004). HIS LOCALITY 1 WAS GIVEN AS SW OF SE OF NW OF NE OF 12-4N-20W, WHICH IS ON THE E. SIDE OF DEVILS CANYON, FARTHER N. MERRITT (1958) SHOWS THE SAME LOCATION AS THAT OF POLK (1948). RYAN (1936, SHEET KR-35) HAS A 32 FT SHAFT ON A 7 FT DIKE BY A. HYMER IN 1908 IN THE NE-NE-SW-SE-12, WITH SAME ANALYSES. POSSIBLY THESE TWO ARE THE SAME?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Analytical data

Result 2 OZ SILVER PER TON OF ROCK

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, 34.83816
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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 DIABASE DIKES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diabase Dike?

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY A DIABASE DIKE CUTTING THE REFORMATORY GRANITE WAS MINERALIZED. POSSIBLY THE DIKE WAS WEATHERED AND SOME OF THE METALLIC IONS WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE HENNESSEY SEA. POSSIBLY SOME COPPER AND SILVER WERE ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE. 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 1904
Discoverer Albert Hopkins, Brother-In-Law Of Lee Winters
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1903
Production years 1903 OF A. HYMER

Mining district

District name Devils Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS AREA WAS PROBABLY PROSPECTED AT LEAST SINCE 1765. SEE WILSON (1976, P. 111-127) FOR DETAILS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings HOPKINS SHAFT NO. 1
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 9.75M

Comments on development

  • RYAN AND WINNETT (1936, SHEET 2004) FIRST MENTION THIS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAILY OKLAHOMAN, FEBRUARY 7, 1935, STORY ON A. HYMER.

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1958, OGS BULLETIN 76, 70 P. (MAP).

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 310, 317, LOCALITY 1).

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURE AND TREASURE TALES: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 325 P. (P. 111-127).

  • Deposit

    POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENGR. THESIS, 87 P. (P. 57-58, MAP).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A. HYMER WAS A MINING ENGINEER. THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN (FEB. 7, 1935) HAD A STORY ON HIM. HE MINED IN THE AREA FOR 16 YEARS.
Deposit THIS LOCALITY HAS BEEN MISLOCATED BECAUSE OF LOCATION OF INCORRECT CORNERS. IT WAS CALLED HYMER SHAFT BY HALE (1981B, LOC. 1, P. 310, 317).

Reporter information

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

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