White King Mine

Past Producer in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Lead, Mercury, Molybdenum, Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225443
MRDS ID W017078
MAS/MILS ID 0410370001
Record type Site
Current site name White King Mine
Alternate or previous names Roush
Related records 10105801

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.52277, 42.33235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 037 S 019 E 30 Oregon

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.52277, 42.33235

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE ORE BIN, 1958, V. 20, NO. 12, P. 111-116.

  • Deposit

    THE ORE BIN, 1959, V. 21, NO. 2, P. 11-17.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 66, 1978,

  • Deposit

    P. 45-47.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors PROPOSED FOR LISTING ON THE CERCLA (SUPERFUND) NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL), JUNE 23, 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-DEC-94 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references