Mine detail: Iron Mountain Se-1

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Location:	Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.83038, -98.9273
dep_id:	10091725
mrds_id:	DE01770
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite
orebody_fm:	MAGNETITE, VEIN, WEATHERED, WITH CUPRITE-CHALCOPYRITE VEINS 0.5-1.5 IN. THICK
work_type:	Surface
alteration:	Malachite And Azurite From Veins, In Granite Wash, 20 Ft Thick, In Hennessey Group
conc_proc:	Veins In Olivine Gabbro Or Troctolite
ore_ctrl:	Late Hydrothermal Solutions (Quanah Granite), Dissolved Cu From Troctolite
Reporter:	Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit:	Hale Spring Pegmatites Of Quanah Granite
hrock_type:	Pegmatite
arock_unit:	Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group-Glen Mountains Layered Complex-Zone G;Post Oak Conglomerate In Hennessey Group
arock_type:	Troctolite
Structure:	Wichita Mountains, Glen Mountains
tectonic:	Aulacogen
disc_yr:	1936
discr:	Eben Ryan And J.A. Veeder
References:	Deposit:: BAIN, H.F., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 82-97 (P. 89). Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1938, OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, PROCEEDINGS, V. 18, P. 51-55. Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1939, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 3, P. 268-286 (P. 277). Deposit:: HUANG, W.T., 1957, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 42, P. 686-688, 1 TABLE. Deposit:: CHASE, G.W., 1950, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 108 P. (P. 44-48). Deposit:: MAYES, J.W., 1947, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 45 P. (P. 9-10, SPOTS LAST DRIVE CLAIM AS NEAR C-NE-7, JUST S. OF GLEN CREEK). Deposit:: RODEBUSH, CLARENCE, SEPTEMBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 425, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE. Deposit:: RYAN, EBEN, AND VEEDER, J.A., OCTOBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 1, KIOWA CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE. Deposit:: SPENCER, A.B., 1961, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 46 P.