The White Spar and Black King Claims is a mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado.
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White Spar and Black King Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Spar and Black King Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Private Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2522. AT THE TIM THE DMEA REPORT, 1952, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY THE BACHELOR CORPORATION OF CO THE CLAIMS, ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP PLACERVILLE, ARE IN THE SAN MIGUEL MINING DISTRICT. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT WAS MAP FOR THE BLACK KING CLAIM, AS WELL AS A LOCATION MAP. THE ESTIMATED IN THE DMEA REPORT THAT AT THE BLACK KING MINE THE EXISTED 8000 TONS OF ROCK WHICH WHEN SORTED WOULD PRODUCE 16 OF ORE AVERAGING .30% U308. AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT T EXISTED 160 FT. OF DRIFT AND 64 FT. OF 40 DEGREE INCLINE AT KING NO. 5. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GR FOR THE BLACK KING CLAIM BUT NOT FOR THE WHITE SPAR CLAIM. OWNER- G.E. WEATHERLY, NEW CASTLE, CO. OPERATOR- BACHELOR CORPORATION PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS- URANIUM, COPPER.
References
Reference (Deposit): THE FOLLOWING DATA FROM 1952 COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES REPORT
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