Mine detail: Iron King Mine

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Location: Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.85109, -105.49588
dep_id: 10013958
mrds_id: D010534
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Copper
Minor mineral: Molybdenum, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D. (King, Robert U.)
hrock_unit: Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_unit: Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Virginia Dale Ring Dike Complex
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • 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.
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