The White King Mine is a uranium mine located in Lake county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 42.3325, -120.52167
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White King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lake
District: Lakeview Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Fremont National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: White King/Lucky Lass
Production
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1955-1965
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^}Recovered From About 115,000 Tons Of Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Three Prominent Fault Trends: N45w, N45e, N15e
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Opalization And Clay Alteration In The Ore Zones
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Pitchblende
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Realgar
Gangue: Cinnabar
Gangue: Jordisite
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GLASSY FLOW BANDED RHYOLITE DIKES.
Comment (Production): MOST OF THE PRODUCTION OCCURED IN 1958-1959
Comment (Workings): 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
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE D000604 AND M029029 HAVE BEEN DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. V., 1958, OREGON'S URANIUM PICTURE: ODGMI THE ORE BIN, V. 20, NO. 12, P. 111-116
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. V., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY OF THE LAKEVIEW URANIUM AREA: ODGMI THE ORE BIN, V. 21, NO. 2, P. 11-17
Reference (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
Reference (Production): PETERSON AND MCINTYRE
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