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Iron King Number 2 Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron, Barium-Barite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042208
MRDS ID M058593
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King Number 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06912, 39.94301 (WGS84)
Elevation 1838
Relative position 1700 FT. S 32 W OF MINERAL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 21 SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HILLS EAST OF EUREKA TOWNSITE, IN GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bluebird Dolomite;Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Bluebird Dolomite;Tintic Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06912, 39.94301
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 259.08M
    Depth to bottom 402.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Eureka Lilly Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE RELATES TO INTRUSIONS AND EUREKA LILLY FAULT N55A ARE MONZONITE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Discoverer C.E. Loose
Year of first production 1924
Year of last production 1931

Mining district

District name Tintic District (East Tintic)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eureka Lilly Mining Co.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc.
    Home office Greenwich, Conn.

Production statistics

  • Year 1931
    Period 1923-1931
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.1 Oz Au, 1.4 Oz Ag, 0.1% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 40g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 448.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS DRIVEN PRIOR TO 1918. WORKING, FROM SHAFT FOLLOW EUREKA LILLY FAULT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE , UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1078 276 PP.

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, NOVEMBER 15, 1923 TO OCTOBER 30, 1925.

  • Production

    COOK, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH OF SHAFT
Deposit WATER SANDS JUST BELOW 1450 LEVEL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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