Iron King Mine

The Iron King Mine is a tungsten, gold, silver, and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Iron King Mine
Secondary: Lockheed Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: West Tintic District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Guthrie, Samuel F.

Owner Name: Supermines Inc

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Sheep Rock Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR VEINS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism & Assoc Mineral

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1970 ASSAY: 60.1% FE, 5.2% SIO2, 4.45% S, 0.14% P, 0.01% MN. 1913 ORE 0.282 OZ AU, 2.6 OZ AG, 6.2% CU, 40.9% CU

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF FE-AG-AU-CU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1913. THE MINE WAS AN INTERMITTENT PRODUCER.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 VERTICAL SHAFTS (THE IRON KING SHAFT, 165 FT); AND VERY SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS & DOZER CUTS. THE SHAFT HAS A 70 FT, 97 FT, & 160 FT LEVELS WITH DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS.

Comment (Geology): IRON ORE IS EXPOSED ALONG A NORTH TRENDING LS & MONZONITE CONTACT

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE WAS FOUND IN A TACTITE ZONE AT THE BOTTOM OF A 34 FT SHAFT.

References

Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B F, 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL, V 53, NO 2

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L I & MCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SS #22

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SUR BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIR. 8014 , P. 32

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 111

Reference (Deposit): 1945 RECON HOBBS, S W, USGS OPEN FILE RPT

Reference (Deposit): 1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014

Reference (Production): BULLOCK, K C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SUR BULL 88

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