Mine detail: Iron King Mine

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Location:	Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.50199, -112.25768
dep_id:	10027180
mrds_id:	M002386
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
gangue:	Ankerite, Apatite, Calcite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm:	EN ECHELON VEINS/ARCUATE
work_type:	Underground
model:	184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
alteration:	Chloritization, Silicification, Sericitization
conc_proc:	Oxidation At Near Surface,
ore_ctrl:	Stratigraphy, Shearing
Reporter:	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Dewitt, Ed H., Cimri Staff
hrock_unit:	Iron King Volcanics
hrock_type:	Chert,Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:	Bedding Trends N22e, Foliation Trends N22e
Year first produced:	1903
yr_lst_prd:	1968
disc_yr:	1880
References:	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.