Mine detail: Iron Mountain Se-3

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.81343, -98.91536

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Gangue:	Anorthosite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR SHEETS
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Hale Spring Pegmatites Of Quanah Granite
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group-Glen Mountains Layered Complex-Zone M;Post Oak Conglomerate Of Hennessey Group
Associated type:	Anorthosite
Structure:	Wichita Mountains, Glen Mountains
Tectonic:	Aulacogen
Alteration processes:	Malachite And Azurite From Chalcopyrite In Granitic Pegmatite Veins In Anorthosite, Weathered With Granite Wash

References

MRDS	DE01772
DEP	10021976
Reference	{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. 275-278).}{Deposit:: RODEBUSH, CLARENCE, SEPTEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 427, OGS FILE.}{Deposit:: SPENCER, A.B., 1961, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 46 P.}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.