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