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Golden Chariot Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070024
MRDS ID W007861
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Chariot Mine
Related records 10192814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67125, 44.01238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 5 MI SW OF LOWMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 007E 19 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 1 - 1 1/2 OZ. AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Dikes;Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Rhyolite Dikes;Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.67125, 44.01238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR VEINS
    Strike E
    Dip 45 DEG S
    Length 1371.6M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boise Basin ; Grimes Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $25,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 50.29M

Comments on development

  • WORKINGS: 165 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH DRIFTS ON MANY LEVELS, 3 TUNNELS WITH MORE DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 944 - C, P. 248

  • Deposit

    1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, BULL. 944 -

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L. 1947, USGS BULL. 944 - C. P. 248

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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