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Iron King

Occurrence in Morgan county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095562
MRDS ID M057516
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.69996, 41.11077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position 4 MI NE OF MORGAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Comments on the location information

  • THERE ARE TWO OTHER PROSPECT PITS WITHIN 1/2 MI OF THIS MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.69996, 41.11077
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE VEINS ARE COMPOSED OF CALCITE WITH SMALL STREAKS AND SPOTS OF OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALS. THE SHALE BEDS CONTAIN LOCAL SPRINKLINGS OF VERY FINE PYRITE CRYSTALS AND FINE SPECKS OF GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morgan District

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINE SHAFT 80 FT DEEP AND AN ADIT 300 FT BELOW THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PA 111 , 1920 , P. 219 - 220

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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