Mine detail: Iron King Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim 1898: Iron King'

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Location: Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.75838, -106.47087
dep_id: 10101885
mrds_id: D011117
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Lead, Iron, Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stockwork
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: OTHER: VEINS
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Epithermal, Replacement
ore_ctrl: Numerous Faults And Brecciated Openings
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Keres Group
hrock_type: Monzonite
arock_unit: Keres Group
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Several E-W Trending Faults In The Area
tectonic: Pajarito Plateau
Year first produced: 1890
yr_lst_prd: 1948
disc_yr: 1890
discr: Major Edward Beaumont
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 150-162
  • Deposit:: BUNDY, W.M., 1954, M.A. THESIS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY
  • Deposit:: BUNDY, W.M., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 59, P. 13-16
  • Deposit:: ROSS, C.S., R.L. SMITH, AND R.A. BAILEY, 1961, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 12TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 139-144
  • Deposit:: BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 131-139
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 17-22
  • Deposit:: KUDO, A.M., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 283-287
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 18; MUNDY, M.H., 1954, M.A. THESIS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, P. 45
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