Iron King Mine
The Iron King Mine is a former iron mine located in the located in the Jackson Mountains Mining District[1] at 41° 18' 36" north 118° 25' 23" west[2]
The deposit has been known since at least 1886: "At Humboldt station Mr. C. S. Wright the proprietor of the Humboldt house gave me a large specimen of a magnetic ore which he told me was found in the Jackson mountains about 40 miles northwest of Humboldt where a vein of ore 15 feet wide can be traced for several thousand feet. Chippings from the specimen contained:
- Metallic Iron 66.75
- Phosphorus 0.820
- Phosphorus in 100 parts iron 0.470
"The ore is a massive magnetite free from pyrite but containing numerous long whitish crystals of apatite[3]"
The mine was held by the DeLong Brothers and leased by W. G. Austin and Tom Beko[4], who started mining in 1952. By the end of 1960, 664,403 tons of iron ore were mined [5].
The ore was transported to Jungo[1].
In 1959, the mine was operated by a partnership between Austin and George DeLaMare. The mine was reported to have closed in 1967.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ronald Willden, "General Geology of the Jackson Mountains Humboldt County, Nevada," Geological Survey Bulletin 1141-D, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1963
- ↑ mapcarta
- ↑ Raphael Pumpelly, "Report on the mining industries of the United States (exclusive of the precious metals)," p. 493, U.S. Department of the Interior, Census Office, 1886.
- ↑ Mineral and water resources of Nevada," Nevada Bureau of Mines, 1964.
- ↑ "H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, "OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach Resource Areas, Winnemucca District, Nevada," Jackson Mountains District, p. 72, 1985.
- ↑ Jackson Mt. Mine Will Close," January 7, 1967.
Remote Resources
- "Nevada. Surveyor General and State Land Register," p. 46, 1891. "Iron Ore In Nevada... Humboldt county In Jackson mountains forty miles northwest of Humboldt station magnetic ore."
- "Iron King mine (DeLong mine), Jackson Mountains District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA, Mindat.
- Remzi Solak, "Magnetic Survey in the Iron King Mine Area, Jackson Mountains, Nevada," 1962.
- Donald Gene Fisher, "Geology of the Iron King Magnetite Deposit, Jackson Mountains, Nevada," 1962.