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Iron King Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Reserves and resources
  21. Workings at the site
  22. Links to other databases
  23. Bibliographic references
  24. General comments
  25. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027180
MRDS ID M002386
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King Mine
Related records 10186749, 10184268

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25694, 34.50194 (WGS84)
Elevation 1455
Relative position 7 MILES N OF MAYER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prescott Valley South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 001E 16,;21 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Silicification, Sericitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Iron King Volcanics
    Rock description Iron King Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding Trends N22e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends N22e

Ore body information

  • General form EN ECHELON VEINS/ARCUATE
    Strike N 22 E
    Dip 71 NW
    Plunge 57
    Plunge direction N
    Length 762M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 792.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1968

Mining district

District name Big Bug District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Coronado Minerals
    First year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1964
    Period 1907 - 1964
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.69 Oz. Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 104g/mt
  • Year 1964
    Period 1907 - 1964
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.19 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 2494000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.555 g/mt Gold Minor 1986
    Silver Ag 21.772 g/mt Silver Minor 1986
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Demonstrated 3401000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 3 wt-pct Lead Major 1988
    Zinc Zn 4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1988
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Minor 1988
    Gold Au 1.866 g/mt Gold Minor 1988
    Silver Ag 31.103 g/mt Silver Minor 1988

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TAILINGS ORE CONSIDERED TO BE UNRECOVERABLE DUE TO PYRITE ENCAPSULATION/METALLURGICAL PROBLEM AND TO ZN-AS CONTENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 19202.4M
    Overall depth 792.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 SHAFTS, WITH LARGE LATERAL WORKINGS, LEVELS AT 100 - FOOT INTERVALS. ORE WAS MILLED BY CYANIDATION AND FLOTATION ON SITE.

Comments on development

  • 1980-- CONOCO DID A ROCK SAMPLE GEOCHEMICAL STUDY TO LOOK AT ALTERATION. 1982-- JEROME MINING COMPANY AND MCCABE IRON KING MINES DID ALTERATION MAPPING. POST 1982-- SANTA FE WORKED ON STRUCTURE AND LITHOLOGY; DRILLED EXHALATIVE SEDIMENTS AND ALTERATION PACKAGES. CORNADO MINERALS PICKED UP PROPERTY 1991; APRIL, TAILINGS WERE BEING REWORKED. SOUTHWEST METALS, SHATTUCK DENN (1968)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE SULFIDE LENSES IN METARHYOLITE AND META-ANDESITE. THE DEPOSIT IS MADE UP OF 12 EN ECHELON LENSES, UP TO 14 FT IN WIDTH. THE CONTACT BETWEEN LENS AND WALLROCK IS ABRUPT. THE LENSES OCCUR ALONG THE FOOTWALL OF META-ANDESITIC ROCK, IN A SHEARED AND ALTERED ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Cimri Staff U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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