| Deposit ID | 10181860 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W900390 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560070316 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Charter Oak |
| 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. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 15N | 085W | 24 | SW | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Azurite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| 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 |
|---|
| Main Entrance (1) | -106.9075, 41.24833 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Encampment District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070316 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W900390 | Submitted by Terry Klein in 2000, but not incorporated into the newMRDS database yet. |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 45,117.
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 42, 105.
Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 163-165.
| 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. |
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.