Mine detail: Iron King Mine

Previously called 'Lawrence SharpGodivaIron Hope'

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.02355, -112.54637
dep_id: 10012017
mrds_id: D007326
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite
orebody_fm: PODS/CHIMNEY SHAPED
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Limonitization
ore_ctrl: Faults And Fractures
Reporter: Bishop, Charles E.
hrock_unit: Tintic Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Basin And Range, Government Creek Fault Zone
tectonic: Sevier Orogenic Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: BISHOP, C., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
  • Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 88, P 75-77
  • Production:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV., BULL. 88
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