Golden Chariot Mining & Milling.

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032536
MRDS ID M014107
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Chariot Mining & Milling.
Alternate or previous names Tri-State Mining & Milling
Related records 10249766

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16354, 44.73874 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF SUMPTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sumpter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 037E 34 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite;Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite;Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16354, 44.73874

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BLUE LIMESTONE WITH A LITTLE ARGILLITE. ; GEOL.DESC: THE COUNTRY ROCK IS FOR THE MOST PART SMALL AMOUNT OF ARGILLITE OR ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sumpter District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Christianson
    Home office Sumpter, Or.
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A SINGLE SHAFT, SHORT DRIFTS AND A WINZE FROM THE 210-FOOT LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1938 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 96

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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