Charmed Mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087309
MRDS ID D006230
Record type Site
Current site name Charmed Mine
Alternate or previous names Maine Shaft Patent #5726
Related records 10275845

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.00413, 38.64413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 1.6 MILES S55E OF LADY LAIRD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Rock Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 011W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Topaz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone D (Crittenden, 1961);Shale 4;Limestone E
    Rock description Limestone D (Crittenden, 1961);Shale 4;Limestone E

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 3 DEG E
    Dip 26 DEG W
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Detroit

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Central Utah Mines Co.
    First year 1902

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 50M
    Overall width 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT DEEPER THAN 50 FT. PARTIALLY CAVED. MINE PARTIALLY INACCESSABLE. DEPTH OF SURFACE PIT IS 6 YDS DEEP

Comments on development

  • EXTRACT OF ABOVE REPORT IS ON FILE AT UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, 606 BLACKHAWK WAY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84108

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE DRUM MTNS, JUAB AND MILLARD COUNTIES, UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1082-H

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1969, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DYKE CLAIMS, DRUM MTNS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, U.G.M.S. REPORT OF INVESTIGATION NO. 41

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S. ETAL, 1970, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 463-465.

  • Deposit

    COWEN, J.F., 1902, ENGINEERS REPORT ON THE CHARM MINE.

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, ETAL, BULLETIN 1082-H

  • Deposit

    1969 RECON UGMS-REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 41

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE, DEPOSIT IN BRECCIA ZONE AND ELONGATED PARRALLEL TO DIP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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