Iron King Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155287
MRDS ID DC12936
MAS/MILS ID 0490230087
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King Mine
Alternate or previous names Lockheed Mine
Related records 10098068

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.4083, 39.83855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2034
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.4083, 39.83855

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 35M
    Length 70M
    Width 6M
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N30W:80W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Guthrie, Samuel F.
    Interest 80
    Home office 63 E. Boston, Chandler, AZ 85224
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Supermines,Inc.,
    Interest 20
    Home office Box 13, Salt Lake City, Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1970, UTAH GEOL AND MIN

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL 88, P 67.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, S R, LOCKHEED MINE, JUAB CO, UTAH. US BUREAU OF MINE

  • Deposit

    FILE REPORT 11 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TONNAGE ESTIMATED BY K C BULLOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references