Charter Oak Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019223
MRDS ID DC09076
Record type Site
Current site name Charter Oak Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.95783, 45.16796 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position 2 AIR MILES NE OF BANNACK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bannack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 011W 04 SE OF NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE FROM STOPE ASSAYED 2.0% PB, 8.0% ZN, 0.32% CU, 11.4 OZ AG/TON, AND 0.020 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.95783, 45.16796

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault Trends North And Dips West From 61 To 24 W. Limestone Is Thrust Over Andesite

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone, Marble-Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Blue Wing District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner L. B. Wilkinson
    Home office Burley, Id.
    First year 1964

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 119 AND 195-FT SHAFTS, 187-FT ADIT, OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 20, P. 3

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 46, P. 3

  • Deposit

    BERGER, B.R., AND OTHERS, 1979, GEOCHEM. RECON. OF MINING DISTRICTS IN SO. PIONEER MTNS., MT: U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1426

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 85.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 6

  • Deposit

    1965 GEOLMAP LOWELL, W.R., U.S.G.S. M.I. MAP I-433

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

  • Deposit

    1979 RECON BERGER, B.R., U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE 79-1426

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S
Deposit MARBELIZED ZONE TRENDS N-S. BODIES ARE LOCALIZED NEAR OR ALONG THE NORTH-TRENDING THRUST FAULT.
Deposit SOME DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE IN LATE 1950'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references