White King Mine

Past Producer in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodities Uranium, Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury, Lead, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105801
MRDS ID W017078
Record type Site
Current site name White King Mine
Related records 10225443

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.52274, 42.33235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 019E 30 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Uraninite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Cinnabar Gangue
Galena Gangue
Jordisite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Realgar Gangue
Stibnite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Opalization And Clay Alteration In The Ore Zones

Host and associated rocks

  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.52274, 42.33235

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Three Prominent Fault Trends: N45w, N45e, N15e

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GLASSY FLOW BANDED RHYOLITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Don Tracy

Mining district

District name Lakeview Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Fremont National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner White King/Lucky Lass

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Period 1955-1965
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^}Recovered From About 115,000 Tons Of Ore

Comments on the production information

  • MOST OF THE PRODUCTION OCCURED IN 1958-1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 82.3M
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OREBODY WAS MINED UNDERGROUND INITIALLY AND LATER BY OPENPIT AS WATER AND CAVING GROUND WERE ENCOUNTERED. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION OCCURED IN 1958-1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. V., 1958, OREGON'S URANIUM PICTURE: ODGMI THE ORE BIN, V. 20, NO. 12, P. 111-116

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. V., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY OF THE LAKEVIEW URANIUM AREA: ODGMI THE ORE BIN, V. 21, NO. 2, P. 11-17

  • Deposit

    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

  • Production

    PETERSON AND MCINTYRE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUPLICATE D000604 AND M029029 HAVE BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references