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Iron King Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite, 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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027046
MRDS ID M001803
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King Mine
Alternate or previous names War Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.98051, 34.22115 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Planet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 017W 12 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result 15% MN
Result 15% FE
Result 40% SI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.98051, 34.22115
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Fault Marks The Contact Between Conglomerate And Wash Material On The Northeast Or Footwall Side And Silicified And Serpentinized Limestone And Quartzite Breccia On The Hanging Wall, In Which The Manganese Minerals Occur. The Zone Of Brecciation Along This Fault Is 100 Feet Wide In Places, And For A Distance Of 1000 Feet The Rocks Are Generally Iron Stained

Ore body information

  • General form BLOW OUTS
    Strike N45W
    Dip SW
    Length 15.24M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Manganese Deposit Is Contained In Sheared Rocks Along A Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Planet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CAR LOAD IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED IN 1916 AND CONTAINED ABOUT 30% MN AND WAS HIGH IN SILICA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.001HA

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN EXPLORED BY SHORT TUNNELS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L. JR.; RANSOME, E.L.; 1920; DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 710, P. 181

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; BUTLER, G.M.; 1930; MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 127, P. 99

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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