Mine detail: White Iron Mine

Previously called 'Helen, MS 20290Charlotte, MS 21290Iron Goat, MS 20290Unpatented Claims: StableClaraHelen Extension FractionPatented Claims: White Iron, MS 20290'

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.33417, -107.2023
dep_id: 10014457
mrds_id: D011239
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Arsenic
Trace mineral: Copper, Silver, Gold, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Thorite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
hrock_type: Schist,Amphibolite,Quartz Latite,Granite
arock_unit: Powderhorn Granite;Quartz Vein;Fish Canyon Tuff;Sapinero Mesa Tuff
arock_type: Quartz Latite,Granite
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Unnamed Faults, Tolvar Peak Stock
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
yr_lst_prd: 1923
References:
  • Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.
  • Deposit:: BOYLES, P.C., 1947, GUNNISON COUNTY (FIFTY YEARS): COLORADO MINING ASSOC. 1947 MINING YEARBOOK, P. 119.
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 20290
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