Mine detail: Iron King Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.85109, -105.49588

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Copper
Secondary:	Molybdenum, Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Virginia Dale Ring Dike Complex
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010534
DEP	10013958
Reference	{Deposit:: WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO, WITH GENERA L NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULL. 14, P. 69-70.}{Deposit:: HORTON, F.W., 1916, MOLYBDENUM, ITS ORES AND THEIR CONCENTRATION, W ITH A DISCUSSION OF MARKETS, PRICES, AND USES: USBM BULL. 111, P. 72.}{Deposit:: SIMS, P.K., AND OTHERS, 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER KING URANIUM MI NE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1032-D, 50 P.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D. (King, Robert U.)