Charity Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105743
MRDS ID W014998
MAS/MILS ID 0160490733
Record type Site
Current site name Charity Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68037, 45.24547 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI S OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 006E 14 SESENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 Mi. SE Little Giant Mine
  • Property Crosses The Tailholt Trail And Can Be Reached By Automobile From Warren Over A Fair Road That Leads Up Charity Gulch.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.68037, 45.24547

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 80 DEG S
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Discoverer W By Benjamin Silliman

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Unity Gold Production Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Now Inaccessible

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65 P.

  • Deposit

    Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South - Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 108, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    Hobbs, S. W., 1964, Mineral Resource - Tungsten, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 223 - 233

  • Deposit

    Lindgren, W., 1900, The Gold And Silver Veins Of Silver City, De Lamar And Other Mining Districts In Idaho: USGS 20th Annual Rept., Pt. Iii, P. 67 - 256.

  • Deposit

    1900 Recon W. Lindgren, 20th Annual Rept., Pt. Iii

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Charity Vein Tungsten Discovery Was First Recorded Occurrence Of Tungsten In Idaho

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-MAR-1995 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.