White Iron Mine

The White Iron Mine is a arsenic mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,701 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: White Iron Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: White Iron, MS 20290
Secondary: Helen, MS 20290
Secondary: Charlotte, MS 21290
Secondary: Iron Goat, MS 20290
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Stable
Secondary: Clara
Secondary: Helen Extension Fraction

Commodity

Primary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Thorium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Goose Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: White Iron Ores And Products Co.
Home Office: Sapinero
Years: 1923 -

Production

Year: 1923
Material type: ORE AS
Description: Ap_Grade: ^23.1% As

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1923
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Unnamed Faults, Tolvar Peak Stock

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Thorite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED NEAR HEAD OF WHAT CDM RECORDS CALL POVERTY GULCH ABOUT 1.8 MILES ABOVE AND EAST OF CONFLUENCE WITH LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER, 1.5 MILES NE OF FORMER MADERA SIDING, AND 2.9 MILES NE OF GATEVIEW. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MAIN SHAFT IN W2 SE SW SEC. 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR YEARS OTHER THAN 1923 IS UNKNOWN. PRODUCTION OF OTHER METALS (CU, AG, AU) OCCURRING WITH ORE IS UNCERTAIN

Comment (Deposit): VERTICAL QUARTZ VEINS (AS SHOWN ON OLSON AND HEDLUND'S MAP) OR MORE PROBABLY CHERT LAYERS PARALLEL GENERAL STRIKE OF GREENSTONE FOLIATION AND TREND N 30 E; SOME HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED FOR TH. PRINCIPAL AS MINERAL IS ARSENOPYRITE. PRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE OF OTHER METALS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Workings): 200-FT SHAFT WITH DRIFTS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT; NUMEROUS SURFACE PROSPECTS

References

Reference (Deposit): BOYLES, P.C., 1947, GUNNISON COUNTY (FIFTY YEARS): COLORADO MINING ASSOC. 1947 MINING YEARBOOK, P. 119.

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.

Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON REGION, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 273-277.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 20290

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