Mine detail: Flat Top Mountain-3

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.85316, -99.2837

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Malachite, Tenorite
Orebody form: SHEET
Discovery year: 1936

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
Production years: BEFORE 1936

Geology

Host rock:Hennessey Group
Host type:Arkose
Associated rock:Lugert Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Wichita Mountains, Lugert Granite Intrusive
Tectonic:Aulacogen

References

MRDSDE01783
DEP10021987
Reference{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 310, 317, FOOTNOTE 45).}{Deposit:: WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURE AND TREASURE TALES, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 325 P. (P. 111-127 - DEVILS CANYON).}{Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1958, OGS BULLETIN 76, 70 P. (MAP).}{Deposit:: SIBLEY, JOHN, 1805, U.S. CONGRESS, AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, V. 5, CLASS 2, INDIAN AFFAIRS, DOCUMENTS FROM 1ST TO 13TH SESSION, 1789-1815, BY WALTER LOWRIE AND MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE (1832), P. 725-731. (P. 730-731 GIVE FIRSTHAND BREVEL ACCOUNT OF MINING IN WICHITA MTNS., 1765.)}{Deposit:: COCKRELL, S.N., 1892, THE UNITED STATES VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS: AUSTIN, TEXAS, V. 2, P. 1347-1356. (GREER CO. DISPUTE; DEPOSITION) (HE WAS IN AREA IN 1833 AND SAW MINERS WORKING IN DEVILS CANYON AREA.)}{Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1892, THE UNITED STATES VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS: AUSTIN, V. 2, P. 965-985.}{Deposit:: ATCHISON, EDGAR, JULY 2, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 292, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.}{Deposit:: NICHOLS, CLAYTON, 1968, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 140 P. (P. 5, 78, FIG. 10, PL. 6 - PICTURES).}{Deposit:: POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENG. THESIS, 87 P. (P. 36, MAP).}{Deposit:: MALEY, JOHN, 1810-1813, JOURNAL - RED RIVER COUNTRY; YALE UNIV., MANUSCRIPT 450, 176 P. (SAW DIGGINGS IN DEVILS CANYON AREA.)}{Deposit:: BROGDEN, O.D., OCTOBER 1942, OGS SHEET 0608, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.}
ReporterFay, Robert O.