The Champion Mine is a copper mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,549 Feet (2,301 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.21917, -105.79556
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Champion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Mine
Secondary: Champion and Oxide King Copper Prospect: Aztec Group Patented In 1900
Secondary: Champion
Secondary: Oxide King
Secondary: Aztec
Secondary: Jumbo
Secondary: Sunset
Secondary: Champion, Oxide King, Sunset and Aztec Millsites
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Picuris District: Copper Hill Area
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
Owner Name: D. H. Abel
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1959
Discovery Year: 1879
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Copper Hill Anticline Plunges West-Southwest And The Champion Mine Is Located Along With Axis Of The Anticline.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE CHAM ION MINE SHOWN ON THE TRAMPAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): 9 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1049 COVERING 123.3 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF A 350 FT. ADIT, A 180 FT. SHAFT AND A 60 FT. SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 102-103
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, J.P., MONTGOMERY, A., AND SUTHERLAND, P.K., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 11, 106 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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