The Golden Chariot is a tungsten, molybdenum, silver, copper, and gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.99, -119.48111
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Golden Chariot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Chariot
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Oroville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: The Kobau Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS OPENED UP BY AN INCLINED SHAFT DOWN THE 30 DEGREE DIP OF THE ORE ZONE FOR A REPORTED DISTANCE OF 350 FEET; SEVERAL OPEN CUTS WERE ALSO PRESENT (CULVER AND BROUGHTON, 1945, P. 32). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCED $4000.00 WORTH OF ORE PRIOR TO 1911; NINE CARLOADS OF HAND-SORTED ORE SHIPPED SOMETIME LATER (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 65).
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS IN ARGILLITE OF THE PERMIAN OR TRIASSIC (?) KOBAU FORMATION AND QUARTZ DIORITE AND FINE-GRAINED DIORITE OF THE CONCENTRICALLY ZONED JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS (?) SILVER NAIL LAKE PLUTON (STOFFEL, 1990, P. 28).
References
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.
Reference (Deposit): ROPER, M.W., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE KELSEY COPPER-MOLYBDENUM PROPERTY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 97 P., 5 PL.
Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-11, 58 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.
Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
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