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Iron King Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098068
MRDS ID DC12936
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King Mine
Alternate or previous names Lockheed Mine
Related records 10155287

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.4083, 39.83856 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 4/10 MILE EAST OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 005W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism & Assoc Mineral

Analytical data

Result 1970 ASSAY: 60.1% FE, 5.2% SIO2, 4.45% S, 0.14% P, 0.01% MN. 1913 ORE 0.282 OZ AU, 2.6 OZ AG, 6.2% CU, 40.9% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
    Rock description Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Pogonip Group (Host)
    Rock description Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Pogonip Group (Host)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.4083, 39.83856
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEINS
    Strike NORTH
    Dip STEEPLY W
    Length 60.96M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Deposits Are Located In Veins & Carbonate Replacements Near Contact Zones Of Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRON ORE IS EXPOSED ALONG A NORTH TRENDING LS & MONZONITE CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913

Mining district

District name West Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Supermines Inc
  • Type Owner
    Owner Guthrie, Samuel F.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF FE-AG-AU-CU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1913. THE MINE WAS AN INTERMITTENT PRODUCER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 VERTICAL SHAFTS (THE IRON KING SHAFT, 165 FT); AND VERY SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS & DOZER CUTS. THE SHAFT HAS A 70 FT, 97 FT, & 160 FT LEVELS WITH DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STRINGHAM, B F, 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL, V 53, NO 2

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I & MCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SS #22

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SUR BULL 88

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIR. 8014 , P. 32

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1945 RECON HOBBS, S W, USGS OPEN FILE RPT

  • Deposit

    1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014

  • Production

    BULLOCK, K C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SUR BULL 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE WAS FOUND IN A TACTITE ZONE AT THE BOTTOM OF A 34 FT SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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