Iron King & Red Oxide Mine

The Iron King & Red Oxide Mine is a manganese mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,324 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Iron King & Red Oxide Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Gila

Elevation: 4,324 Feet (1,318 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 33.42667, -110.75056

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Iron King & Red Oxide Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Iron King & Red Oxide Mine


Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. E. A. Borge
Years: 1961 -


Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1951 - 1954
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^24.4% Mn
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1940 - 1945
Material type: MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^32 To 38% Mn
Year: 1954
Material type: MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^28% Mn


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: IRON KING, WEST SHAFT DUMP......SAMPLE CONTAINED 22.7% MN, 13.6% CACO3 , 0.43% PB, 1.35% ZN, 0.04% CU. IRON KING EAST SHAFT DUMP......SAMPLE CONTAINED 10.5% MN, 12.6% CACO3 , 0.32% PB, 0.7% ZN, 0.04% CU. RED OXIDE DUMP......SAMPLE CONTAINED 10.6% MN, 38.5% CACO3 , 0.23 PB, 0.2% ZN, 0.03% CU.


Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Workings): IRON KING WORKING CONSISTED OF THREE SHAFTS AND A FEW SHALLOW OPENCUTS. EXCEPT FOR A FEW PILLARS THE ORE WAS MINED CONTINOUSLY FROM THE SURFACE TO A DEPTH OF 150 FEET.

Comment (Development): THE IRON KING AND RED OXIDE ARE TWO ADJACENT PATENTED CLAIMS WHICH FORMERLY WERE PART OF A LARGER GROUP HELD BY THE SUPERIOR AND BOSTON COPPER CO; THE SUPERIOR AND BOSTON EXPLORED THE IRON KING VEIN FOR COPPER

Comment (Production): MN PRODUCTION IS PRINCIPALLY FROM THE IRON KING

Comment (Geology): THE HIGHER GRADE ORE OF THE IRON KING CLAIM APPEARS TO BE LOCALIZED ALONG THE STRIKE IN SEVERAL DISCONNECTED SHOOTS RANGING FROM 30 TO 150 FEET IN LENGTH AND FROM 3 TO 8 FEET IN WIDTH.


References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L. A., DELONG, C. W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 71 .

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, P. 111

Reference (Production): USB OF M INF. CIRC. 7990 , P. 71


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