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White King Deposit

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013766
MRDS ID D010232
Record type Site
Current site name White King Deposit
Alternate or previous names White King Group
Related records 10238863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.07643, 38.64889 (WGS84)
Elevation 2353
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 6.7 MILES SOUTH OF NATHROP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nathrop(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 008E 27 SW OF NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF HECLA JUNCTION, EAST OF US HWY 285, WEST OF ARKANSAS RIVER; NW/4 SEC. 27, T 51 N, R 8 E. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Manganite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Psilomelane Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Fluoritization

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 30% CAF2 WITH LENSES TO 70% CAF2

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Gneissic Quartz Monzonite;Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock description Gneissic Quartz Monzonite;Ash-Flow Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Banded Gneiss;Browns Canyon Formation
    Rock description Banded Gneiss;Browns Canyon Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.07643, 38.64889
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Folds, Faults; N-Trending Fault Bounding Arkansas Valley

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia; Fault Zone Striking N 30-50 W, Dipping 65-85 Sw; Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Year of first production 1929
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Browns Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 1929
    Period 1929-1934, 1943-1944
    Material FLUORSPAR ORE
    Ore mined 688.94mt
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Metallurgical- And Ceramic-Grade

Comments on the production information

  • METALLURGICAL-GRADE AND CERAMIC-GRADE PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • 220-FT. ADIT, SHALLOW SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 10-MAR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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