Mine detail: Iron King Number 1 Mine

Previously called 'Iron King'

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.94162, -112.07635
dep_id: 10020817
mrds_id: DC14041
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Iron
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper, Manganese
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Weathering
ore_ctrl: Fissures
Reporter: James, Laurence P.
hrock_unit: Tintic Quartzite;Fish Haven Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_unit: Packard Quartz Latite
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Quartz Latite
Structure: Iron King Fault, Passes Through Shaft
Year first produced: 1915
yr_lst_prd: 1931
discr: C. Edward Loose
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
  • Deposit:: COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
  • Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
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