Mine detail: Iron Mountain South

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.81288, -98.94814

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Cuprite, Malachite
Orebody form:	VEINS
Discovery year:	1909

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 type:	Diabase
Structure:	Wichita Mountains, Glen Mountains
Tectonic:	Aulacogen
Alteration processes:	Malachite From Cuprite Veins In Anorthosite

References

MRDS	DE01773
DEP	10021977
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.