Mine detail: Iron King Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.50199, -112.25768

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Secondary: Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore: Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue: Ankerite, Apatite, Calcite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: EN ECHELON VEINS/ARCUATE
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1903
Last production ended: 1968

Geology

Host rock:Iron King Volcanics
Host type:Chert,Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:Bedding Trends N22e, Foliation Trends N22e
Alteration processes:Chloritization, Silicification, Sericitization

References

MRDSM002386
DEP10027180
Reference{Deposit:: CREASEY, S.C., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE IRON KING MINE, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 47, NO. 1.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A. AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 308, P. 155 - 169.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., AND BLACET, P.M., 1972, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1336, P. 72.}{Deposit:: KRIEGER, M.H., 1965 , GEOLOGY OF THE PRESCOTT AND PAULDEN QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 467, P. 110 - 111.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: GILMOUR AND STILL, 1968, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, GRATON-SALES VOLUME, V. II, P. 1238-1257.}{Deposit:: SITE VISIT BY CIMRI STAFF.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Production:: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1336, PAGE 72.}{Reserve-Resource:: NIEMUTH, 1987; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
ReporterGere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Dewitt, Ed H., Cimri Staff