Golden Chariot

The Golden Chariot is a tungsten, molybdenum, silver, copper, and gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.

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Mine Info

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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

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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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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