Mine detail: Devils Canyon-3

Previously called 'Mexican Mine and Hopkins Shaft No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.83149, -99.25037

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Orebody form: DIKES
Discovery year: 1765

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1765-1908?
First production started: 1765
Last production ended: 1908

Geology

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

References

MRDSDE01791
DEP10021994
Reference{Deposit:: WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURE AND TREASURE TALES: OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 325 P. (P. 111-127).}{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (LOCS. 8, 44).}{Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1958, OGS BULLETIN 76, 70 P.}{Deposit:: SIBLEY, JOHN, 1805, U.S. CONGRESS, AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, V. 5, CLASS 2, INDIAN AFFAIRS, IN DOCUMENTS FROM 1ST TO 13TH SESSION, 1789-1815, BY WALTER LOWRIE AND MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARK (1832), P. 725-731.}{Deposit:: COCKRELL, S.N., 1892, THE UNITED STATES VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, V. 2, P. 1347-1356.}{Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1892, THE UNITED STATES VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, V. 2, P. 965-985.}{Deposit:: SETTLES, J.C., 1892, THE UNITED STATES VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, V. 2, P. 1042-1064.}{Deposit:: MALEY, JOHN, 1810-1813, 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 2004, OGS FILE.}{Deposit:: RYAN, EBEN, JULY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-35, OGS, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA.}
ReporterFay, Robert O.