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Iron King Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101885
MRDS ID D011117
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim 1898: Iron King
Related records 10305294

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.47087, 35.75838 (WGS84)
Elevation 2509
Relative position ABOUT 32.4 MILES N 8E OF BERNALILLO, N.M.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe 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 New Mexico Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018N 004E 25 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR PORTAL OF ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Keres Group
    Rock description Keres Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Keres Group
    Rock description Keres Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.47087, 35.75838
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several E-W Trending Faults In The Area

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER: VEINS
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 55 E (AT OUTCROP); 70 W (AT DEPTH)
  • General form OTHER: VEINS
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 55 E (AT OUTCROP); 70 W (AT DEPTH)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Numerous Faults And Brecciated Openings

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Major Edward Beaumont
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Cochiti District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. J. J. Depraslin (Also Known As Sandoval Gold Mining Co.)
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M .
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miss Effie Jenks
    Home office Santa Fe, N.M.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1890 TO 1902 TOTALLED $50,000. (MUNDY, M.H., 1954, P. 45). PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR THE YEARS 1915, 1932, 1934, AND 1939 INCLUDE VALUES FOR OTHER MINES IN THE DISTRICT IN ADDITION TO THE IRON KING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 41.45M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100-FOOT SHAFT AND A SHORT ADIT WITH A WINZE GOING DOWN TO THE 136-FOOT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • THIS MINE WAS THE FIRST MINE LOCATED IN THE COCHITI DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 150-162

  • Deposit

    BUNDY, W.M., 1954, M.A. THESIS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    BUNDY, W.M., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 59, P. 13-16

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.S., R.L. SMITH, AND R.A. BAILEY, 1961, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 12TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 139-144

  • Deposit

    BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 131-139

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 17-22

  • Deposit

    KUDO, A.M., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 283-287

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 18; MUNDY, M.H., 1954, M.A. THESIS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, P. 45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS VEIN MAY BE A CONTINUATION OF THE LONE STAR VEIN JUST TO THE SOUTH. THE IRON KING CLAIM WAS PATENTED IN 1898 AND COVERS 12.75 ACRES. THE IRON KING CLAIM IS M.S. NO. 942.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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