The Charter Oak is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,923 feet.
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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: 7,923 Feet (2,415 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.24833, -106.90750
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Charter Oak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Charter Oak
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Encampment District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: Samples yielded 0.01% to 4.43% Cu, 66 ppm to 3.72% Ni, 14 ppb to 0.29 opt Au, <5 ppb to 828 ppb Pt, 5 ppb to 0.12 opt pd, <0.1 ppm to 0.19 opt Ag, 21 ppm to 831 ppm Co, 64 ppm to 294 ppm Cr, trace Zn, trace Pb.
Materials
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Jasperoid is also gangue. It is not listed in the drop-down pick list. Copper carbonate, unspecified, is an ore. There is also specular and earthy hematite.
Comment (Location): Unable to reach this mine during field work in 2008 and 2009. Roads shown on the topo maps are no longer accessible. Property is private.
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 45,117.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 163-165.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 42, 105.
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