Mine detail: Iron Mountain Se-2

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.83288, -98.92619

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR SHEETS
Discovery year:	1901

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1901-1904? FOR TWO OLD PROSPECT PITS
First production started:	1901
Last production ended:	1904

Geology

Host rock:	Wichita Granite Group
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group (Hen Mountains Layered Complex-Zone G);Post Oak Conglomerate Of Hennessey Group
Associated type:	Troctolite
Structure:	Wichita Mountains, Glen Mountains
Tectonic:	Aulacogen
Alteration processes:	Malachite And Azurite From Veins In Troctolite, In Granite Wash, 20 Ft Thick In Hennessey Group

References

MRDS	DE01771
DEP	10021975
Reference	{Deposit:: BAIN, H.F., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 82-97 (P. 89).}{Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1939, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 3, P. 268-286 (P. 277-279).}{Deposit:: CHASE, G.W., 1950A, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 108 P. (P. 44-48, 73-75, 86-87, 93, 99).}{Deposit:: SPENCER, A.B., 1961, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 46 P.}{Deposit:: RODEBUSH, CLARENCE, SEPTEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 425, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.}{Deposit:: MAYES, J.W., 1947, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 87 P. (P. 9-10, LISTS LAST DRIVE CLAIM NEAR C-NE-7, S. OF GLEN CREEK).}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.