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Iron King Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055191
MRDS ID RE00258
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King Mine
Alternate or previous names Lawrence Sharp, Godiva, Iron Hope
Related records 10012017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54637, 40.02355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 2 3/4 MILES SE OF RED PINE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 9S 6W 20 SE4 OF SE4 OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic District Quartzite;
    Rock description Tintic District Quartzite;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54637, 40.02355
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Government Creek Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form PODS/CHIMNEY SHAPED
    Width 0.91M
  • General form PODS/CHIMNEY SHAPED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF HEMATITE AND QUARTZ GANGUE OCCURRING IN FAULT BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Columbia District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. T. Hansen And J. R. Edwards

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED IN; SHORT ADITS AND SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISHOP C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 88, P. 75-77

  • Production

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 88

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Bishop, Charles E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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