Iron King

Past Producer in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167022
MAS/MILS ID 0080670169
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.07095, 37.38311 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 Colorado La Plata

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.07095, 37.38311

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTHEAST-TRENDING FAULT CONTAINS PYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE. NEARBY OPEN CUTS EXPOSE A REPLACED LIMESTONE BED WITH PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE AND ALTERED PORPHYRY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Plata District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: L.P. RUDOLPH

  • Deposit

    BOM OPENFILE RPT MLA 2-92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAY-1992 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.