Mine detail: White King Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.33235, -120.52274

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury, Lead, Molybdenum
Ore:	Pitchblende, Uraninite
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Cinnabar, Galena, Jordisite, Pyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:	Three Prominent Fault Trends: N45w, N45e, N15e
Alteration processes:	Local Opalization And Clay Alteration In The Ore Zones

References

MRDS	W017078
DEP	10105801
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERSON, N. V., 1958, OREGO * URANIUM PICTURE: ODGMI THE ORE BIN, V. 20, NO. 12, P. 111-116}{Deposit:: PETERSON, N. V., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY OF THE LAKEVIEW URANIUM AREA: ODGMI THE ORE BIN, V. 21, NO. 2, P. 11-17}{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}{Production:: PETERSON AND MCINTYRE}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Weeks, Robert