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White Iron Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Silver, Gold, Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014457
MRDS ID D011239
Record type Site
Current site name White Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: White Iron, MS 20290, Helen, MS 20290, Charlotte, MS 21290, Iron Goat, MS 20290, Unpatented Claims: Stable, Clara, Helen Extension Fraction

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.2023, 38.33417 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Relative position 20.5 MILES S 46 W FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gateview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047N 003W 10,15 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED NEAR HEAD OF WHAT CDM RECORDS CALL POVERTY GULCH ABOUT 1.8 MILES ABOVE AND EAST OF CONFLUENCE WITH LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER, 1.5 MILES NE OF FORMER MADERA SIDING, AND 2.9 MILES NE OF GATEVIEW. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MAIN SHAFT IN W2 SE SW SEC. 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Thorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Powderhorn Granite;Quartz Vein;Fish Canyon Tuff;Sapinero Mesa Tuff
    Rock description Powderhorn Granite;Quartz Vein;Fish Canyon Tuff;Sapinero Mesa Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
    Rock description Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.2023, 38.33417
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Unnamed Faults, Tolvar Peak Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1923

Mining district

District name Goose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner White Iron Ores And Products Co.
    Home office Sapinero
    First year 1923

Production statistics

  • Year 1923
    Material ORE AS
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^23.1% As
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Arsenic Arsenic 23wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR YEARS OTHER THAN 1923 IS UNKNOWN. PRODUCTION OF OTHER METALS (CU, AG, AU) OCCURRING WITH ORE IS UNCERTAIN

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FT SHAFT WITH DRIFTS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT; NUMEROUS SURFACE PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERTICAL QUARTZ VEINS (AS SHOWN ON OLSON AND HEDLUND'S MAP) OR MORE PROBABLY CHERT LAYERS PARALLEL GENERAL STRIKE OF GREENSTONE FOLIATION AND TREND N 30 E; SOME HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED FOR TH. PRINCIPAL AS MINERAL IS ARSENOPYRITE. PRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE OF OTHER METALS UNKNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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