Mine detail: Iron King Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.94778, -104.97168

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Psilomelane

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
Associated 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)
Alteration processes:	Mn Oxides

References

MRDS	D010374
DEP	10013848
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.