South Chariot Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10069933
MRDS ID W007724
Record type Site
Current site name South Chariot Mine
Related records 10266008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69377, 43.00408 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SE OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 003W 09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON WAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN 800 FT S OF MINNESOTA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BELOW 300 - FT. DEPTH, ORE AVERAGED $20 TO $30/TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AT DEPTH OF 220 FT., AU: AG RATIO WAS 1:7.3 BY WEIGHT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69377, 43.00408

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cemented Breccia

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 4 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersecting Vein Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name French District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • $11,000 OF AU AND AG MINED IN 1872

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 274.32M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPT., U.S.G.S., P. 75-205 (PART 3).

  • Deposit

    1898 COMPILE LINDGREN, 20TH ANN. REPT.

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 11

  • Production

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, USGS, 20TH ANN. REPT., P. 75. RAYMOND, R. W., 1872 , 1874 , 42ND, 43RD CONGRESSES, 2ND, 1ST SESSIONS, HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOCS. 211 , 141 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES MAY RAKE TO THE S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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