Mine detail: Iron King Mine

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Location: El Paso County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.94778, -104.97168
dep_id: 10013848
mrds_id: D010374
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Gold, Zinc
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Psilomelane
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Mn Oxides
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift, Ute Pass Fault Zone, Rampart Range Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482
  • Deposit:: BURGER, O.K., 1936, REPORT ON THE IRON KING MINE, 3 MILES NORTH OF CASCADE: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 3 P.
  • Deposit:: USBM MRR 409433 (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)
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