Mine detail: Iron King Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.07862, -106.76255

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Hausmannite, Psilomelane
Gangue:	Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Sangre De Cristo Formation (Crestone Conglomerate Member);Minturn Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Conglomerate
Associated rock:	Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Branch Fault, Gibson Peak Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D008964
DEP	10101771
Reference	{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628}{Deposit:: MUILENBURG, G.A., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULL. 15, P. 70-71}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D., Keller, John W.