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

Lat / long:

38.33417, -107.2023

Resource(M)

Primary:	Arsenic
Tertiary:	Copper, Silver, Gold, Thorium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Thorite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1923

Geology

Host rock:	Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
Host type:	Schist,Amphibolite,Quartz Latite,Granite
Associated rock:	Powderhorn Granite;Quartz Vein;Fish Canyon Tuff;Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Associated 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)

References

MRDS	D011239
DEP	10014457
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.