| Deposit ID | 10105801 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W017078 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | White King Mine |
| Related records | 10225443 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.52274, 42.33235 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1920 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lake(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cox Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lakeview(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Goose Lake(hydrologic unit)
Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Fremont-Winema National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 037S | 019E | 30 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Cinnabar | Gangue |
| Galena | Gangue |
| Jordisite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Realgar | Gangue |
| Stibnite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -120.52274, 42.33235 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Three Prominent Fault Trends: N45w, N45e, N15e |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | Don Tracy |
| District name | Lakeview Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Fremont National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | White King/Lucky Lass |
| Year | 1965 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1955-1965 |
| Material | ORE |
| Accuracy | Accurate |
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^}Recovered From About 115,000 Tons Of Ore |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 82.3M |
| Overall length | 213.36M |
| Overall width | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W017078 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410370001 |
PETERSON, N. V., 1958, OREGON'S URANIUM PICTURE: ODGMI THE ORE BIN, V. 20, NO. 12, P. 111-116
PETERSON, N. V., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY OF THE LAKEVIEW URANIUM AREA: ODGMI THE ORE BIN, V. 21, NO. 2, P. 11-17
PETERSON, N. V. AND MCINTYRE, J. R., 1970, THE RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 66, P. 45-47
PETERSON AND MCINTYRE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DUPLICATE D000604 AND M029029 HAVE BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1976 | Weeks, Robert | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1981 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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