Mine detail: Iron King Hematite Deposit

Previously called 'Hawkins Hematite BankIron King Gold MineIron King MineLucky Break'

Location:	Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.61778, -105.94781
dep_id:	10013833
mrds_id:	D010355
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron, Gold, Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold, Hematite, Silver
alteration:	Silicification
ore_ctrl:	Fault Zone Mineralized Along Extensive Fractures
Reporter:	Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit:	Leadville Limestone
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_unit:	Granodiorite (Calumet Granodiorite)
arock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Southern Mosquito Range, Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Fault Trending N-S; Pleasant Valley Syncline
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Year first produced:	1885
yr_lst_prd:	1920
disc_yr:	1885
References:	Deposit:: HARRER, C.M. AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7918, P. 17-18 Deposit:: CHAUVENET, R., 1885, PRELIMINARY NOTES ON THE IRON RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT 1885, P. 13-24. Deposit:: OSBORN, E.F. AND RAINWATER, E.H., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMET, COLORADO MINING DISTRICT: ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY UNPUBLISHED MASTER OF ARTS THESIS, P. 2, 35, 38, 40. Deposit:: BEHRE, C.H., JR., OSBORN, E.F., RAINWATER, E.H., 1936, CONTACT ORE DEPOSITION AT THE CALUMET IRON MINE, COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 8, P. 781-804 & & Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000. & & Deposit:: BHUTTA, M.A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD. THESIS, 173 P.