Charter Oak

Past Producer in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181860
MRDS ID W900390
MAS/MILS ID 560070316
Record type Site
Current site name Charter Oak

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.9075, 41.24833 (WGS84)
Elevation 2415
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 6.5 mi. NW of Encampment on Puzzler Hill., 10 m. Shaft on topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15N 085W 24 SW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Unable to reach this mine during field work in 2008 and 2009. Roads shown on the topo maps are no longer accessible. Property is private.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Bornite Ore
Azurite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Hematite Unknown

Analytical data

Result Samples yielded \n0.01% to 4.43% Cu, \n66 ppm to 3.72% Ni,\n14 ppb to 0.29 opt Au,\n<5 ppb to 828 ppb Pt,\n5 ppb to 0.12 opt pd, \n<0.1 ppm to 0.19 opt Ag,\n21 ppm to 831 ppm Co,\n64 ppm to 294 ppm Cr,\ntrace Zn,\ntrace Pb.\n

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.9075, 41.24833

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Encampment District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 45,117.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 42, 105.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 163-165.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Jasperoid is also gangue. It is not listed in the drop-down pick list. Copper carbonate, unspecified, is an ore. There is also specular and earthy hematite.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-10-29 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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