Mine detail: Devils Canyon-1

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Location:	Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.83899, -99.26093
dep_id:	10021991
mrds_id:	DE01789
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
orebody_fm:	VEINS REWORKED
work_type:	Surface
conc_proc:	Weathering (Oxidation)
ore_ctrl:	Hydrothermal Veins
Reporter:	Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit:	Hennessey Group
hrock_type:	Arkose
arock_unit:	Reformatory Granite
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	Wichita Mountains, Reformatory Granite Intrusive
tectonic:	Aulacogen
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1936
References:	Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319. Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1958, OGS BULLETIN 76, 70 P. Deposit:: WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURE AND TREASURE TALKS: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 325 P. (P. 111-127). Deposit:: COCKRELL, S.N., 1892, THE U.S. VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS, AUSTIN: V. 2, P. 1347-1356. Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1892, THE U.S. VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS, AUSTIN: V. 2, P. 965-985. Deposit:: SETTLES, J.C., 1892, THE U.S. VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, V. 2, P. 1042-1064. Deposit:: SIBLEY, JOHN, 1805, U.S. CONG., AMER. STATE PAPERS, V. 5, CLASS 2, INDIAN AFFAIRS, IN DOCUMENTS FROM 1ST TO 13TH SESS., 1789-1815, BY WALTER LOWRIE AND MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE (1832), P. 725-731. Deposit:: MALEY, JOHN, 1811-1813, JOURNAL, RED RIVER ETC., YALE UNIVERSITY, MANUSCRIPT 450 OF SILLIMAN, 176 P. Deposit:: POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENGR. THESIS, 87 P. Deposit:: RYAN, EBEN, AND WINNETT, LESTER, JUNE 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 2002, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.