Charter Oak Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Antimony, Arsenic
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071369
MRDS ID W014711
Record type Site
Current site name Charter Oak Mine
Related records 10245795

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41728, 46.49018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 1.4 KM NW OF NEGRO MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 007W 36 NW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF THE LITTLE BLACKFOOT RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore
Gold Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10 OZ/TON AG, 0.01OZ/TON AU, 10% PB ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41728, 46.49018

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip ABOUT VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charter Oak Mining Co, J. T. Bonner
    Home office Box 566, Elliston, Montana 59728
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. T. Bonner,
    Home office Box 566, Elliston, Montana 59728

Production statistics

  • Year 1946
    Period 1916-1946
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50% Ag, 45% Au, 5% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 5wt-pct
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 45wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 50wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDED 5 ADITS - ONLY ONE ACCESSIBLE AS OF 1968.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 268.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98 P. 11, 48.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1151, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 49, P. 32.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 48

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, BACK VEIN IS SAID TO CARRY LEAD-ZINC ORE. THE FRONT VEIN SHOWED THAT THE PYRITE AND GALENA WERE DEPOSITED FIRST AND WERE FOLLOWED BY BOULANGERITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references