The Champion Con Qtz is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,300 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: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.26222, -121.03722
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Champion Con Qtz MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Con Qtz
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Nevada City
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1913
Time Period: 1893 - 1913
Year: 1920
Time Period: 1911 - 1920
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Fissure
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED 30.89 ACRES. INCLUDES PROVIDENCE, HOME (CADMUS) MERRIFIELD, WYOMING AND NEVADA CITY MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, MERRIFIELD VEIN STRIKES N - N 20 W, AVG. DIP 35 E, TRACEABLE ALONG STRIKE 11,000 FT. THICKNESS - 1 - 10 FT IN CONTACT BETWEEN SLATE & GRANODIORITE OR WHOLLY WITHIN GRANODIORITE, CONTAINS 6 % SULFIDES. URAL FOLLOWS GRANODIORITE - CONTACT METAMORPHOSED CALAVERAS FM. CONTACT STRIKES N 15 W 3500 FT THEN STRIKES N 70 W 4000 FT. DIPS 35 E, 2.5 - 3 FT THICK. REPORTED OCCURENCE OF PB & AG TELLURIDE. NORTH EXTENSION OF URAL AVG. 2 FT THICK, MAX. 12 FT W/2 1/2 % SULFIDES.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM PROVIDENCE, CHAMPION, NEVADA CITY, WYOMING & HOME ESTIMATED FROM $8,000,000 - $20,000,000 .
Comment (Workings): VERY EXTENSIVE WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): CALAVERAS FM
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1920 , AUBURN FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17 , P. 435 - 436 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1930 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: REPORT XXVI OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES VOL. 26 , NO. 2 , P. 103 - 104 .
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1919 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 135 - 143 .
Reference (Production): MACBOYLE, 1919 ; LOGAN, 1930 ; LOGAN, 1920 .
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