Iron King

United States· ArizonaUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
0.19%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1880

Overview

Massive en echelon lenses. 12 lenses, 0.004 km thickness, stringer as disseminated pyrite-chalcopyrite in alteration zone in footwall. Surface gossans.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1906

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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