The Char Tam is a lead, copper, zinc, and gold mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.4444, -111.66750
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Char Tam MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Char Tam
Secondary: Chartam
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1988
Owner Name: Western Energy Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1988
Years: 1988 - 1989
Owner Name: Addwest Gold, Inc. (Jv To Phelps Dodge)
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1998
Years: 1989 -
Owner Name: Canyon Resources Corp. (Jv To Phelps Dodge)
Company ID: 2401604
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1994
Owner Name: Valdus Operations Inc.
Info Year: 1995
Owner Name: Macquire Metals (Option To Purchase From Canyon Res.)
Info Year: 1994
Years: 1994 -
Owner Name: Ecu Gold Mining Co., Inc. ("Ecudor")
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1997
Production
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1901-1951
Mined: 49000.000 mt
Material type: ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Deposit Type: Polymetallic veins
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: EAST- AND NORTHEAST-STRIKING FAULTS
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO TYPES OF VEINS: 1) FLAT VEINS (0 TO 30 DEG) AND GENERALLY STRIKE NORTHEAST, CONTAIN QUARTZ-PYRITE WITH MINOR BASE METALS, ARE FISSURE CONTROLLED, AND 2) STEEPLY DIPPING TO VERTICAL VEINS, STRIKE APPROXIMATELY EAST-WEST, QUARTZ-PYRITE BUT WITH GALENA, SPHALERITE AND SOME CHALCOPYRITE. (EARLL, 1964) MINERALIZATION DERIVED FROM INTRUSIVES BUT OCCUR IN BOTH VOLCANICS AND INTRUSIVES (EARLL, 1964)
Comment (Exploration): 1867 - EAST PACIFIC VEIN DISCOVERED. 1900 - MOST OF THE MAJOR MINES OF THE DISTRICT OPENED. 1918 - ACTIVITY FELL OFF. 1918-1923 - NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION. 1955 - PRODUCTION FELL OFF AGAIN. 1981 - 1984 - DON HOLMES OWNER/OPERATOR. 1984 - WESTERN ENERGY COMPANY BEGINS EXPLORATION PROGRAM
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM THE DISTRICT >$4,000,000 FROM 150,000 TONS OF ORE (EARLL, 1964)
Comment (Location): LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF WINSTON, BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA.
Comment (Ownership): CONTACTED WESTERN ENERGY ON 2/5/87. THEY ARE OWNED BY ENTEC, A SUBSIDIARY OF MONTANA POWER. MONTANA POWER SOLD COMPANY & PROPERTY TO VALDUS OPERATIONS, SEPTEMBER, 1994. AN ECU GOLD MINING COMPANY INC. ("ECUDOR"), JANUARY 16, 1997 PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT IT OWNS 100% OF THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): WAS SUPPOSEDLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN MID-1987. NOT LISTED IN SURVEY AS PRODUCING IN 1989. NO DATA AVAILABLE AS OF JUNE 1997, NOT LISTED IN RANDOL 1996/97 NO OWNERSHIP RECORDS LISTED IN AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOKS, 93, 96 OR 1997.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PUBLISHED DEMONSTRATED RESOURCE (PAY DIRT; APRIL, 1987).
Comment (Production): NO REPORTED PRODUCTION/CAPACITY.
References
Reference (Deposit): PRESS RELEASE, "CHARTAM - MONTANA, ECUDOR OBTAINS GRADES OF 12 & 21 G/T GOLD", 1/16/97, P1.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1988.
Reference (Deposit): ECU GOLD MINING COMPANY INC. ("ECUDOR"), JANUARY, 1997
Reference (Reserve-Resource): APRIL PAYDIRT, 1987.
Reference (Deposit): MSHA REPORT, MAY 1983
Reference (Geology): EARLL, F.N., 1964, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF WINSTON MINING DISTRICT, BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: MBMG BULLETIN 41, 56 P.
Reference (Geology): PARDEE, J.T., AND SCHRADER, F.C., 1933, METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION, MONTANA: USGS BULLETIN 842, P. 211-227
Reference (Geology): LEPPER, M.R., WEEKS, R., AND RUPPEL, E.T., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, JEFFERSON AND BROADWATER COUNTIES, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 292, 82 P.
Reference (Geology): CORRY, A., 1933, SOME GOLD DEPOSITS OF BROADWATER, BEAVERHEAD, PHILLIPS, AND FERGUS COUNTIES: MBMG MEMOIR 10, 41
Reference (Geology): REED, G.C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7592, 58 P
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
