Mine detail: Devils Canyon-2

Previously called 'Hopkins Shaft No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.83816, -99.25148

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Orebody form: DIABASE DIKES
Discovery year: 1904

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1903 OF A. HYMER
First production started: 1903
Last production ended: 1903

Geology

Host type:Diabase
Associated rock:Reformatory Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Wichita Mountains, Reformatory Granite Intrusive
Tectonic:Aulacogen

References

MRDSDE01790
DEP10021992
Reference{Deposit:: DAILY OKLAHOMAN, FEBRUARY 7, 1935, STORY ON A. HYMER.}{Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1958, OGS BULLETIN 76, 70 P. (MAP).}{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 310, 317, LOCALITY 1).}{Deposit:: WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURE AND TREASURE TALES: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 325 P. (P. 111-127).}{Deposit:: POLK, T.R., 1948, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M. GEOL. ENGR. THESIS, 87 P. (P. 57-58, MAP).}{Deposit:: RYAN, EBEN, AND WINNETT, LESTER, JUNE 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 2004, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.}{Deposit:: RYAN, EBEN, JULY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-35, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.}
ReporterFay, Robert O.