Mine detail: Devils Canyon-2

Previously called 'Hopkins Shaft No. 1'

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Location: Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.83816, -99.25148
dep_id: 10021992
mrds_id: DE01790
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: DIABASE DIKES
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Diabase Dike?
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_type: Diabase
arock_unit: Reformatory Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Wichita Mountains, Reformatory Granite Intrusive
tectonic: Aulacogen
Year first produced: 1903
yr_lst_prd: 1903
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1904
prod_yrs: 1903 OF A. HYMER
discr: Albert Hopkins, Brother-In-Law Of Lee Winters
References:
  • 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.
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