The Champion Shaft is a gold mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,901 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: 8,901 Feet (2,713 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.35167, -107.09778
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Champion Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Shaft
Secondary: Patented Claim: Champion
Secondary: Ms 9184
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Goose Creek 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock, Champion Synform, Unnamed Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SURFACE SAMPLES OF AURIFEROUS CHERT CONTAINED 1 TO 30 PPM AU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SIDE OF WOLF CREEK 0.2 MILE WEST OF COLORADO RTE 149 AND ABOUT 1200 FT ESE FROM GUNNISON MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): NELSON AND RIESMEYER (1983) DESCRIBE DEPOSIT AS AURIFEROUS PYRITE-MAGNETITE CHERT LAYER FOLDED INTO STEEP WEST-PLUNGING SYNFORM CORED BY COARSE-GRAINED GABBRO. FOLDED CHERT LAYERS AROUND CHAMPION AND GUNNISON MINES ARE DISPLACED BY NW-TRENDING FAULTS. SOUTHERN LIMB OF CHAMPION SYNFORM IS SHARPLY ATTENUATED, AND CHERT THICKENS IN NOSE OF SYNFORM.
Comment (Workings): THREE SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON, C.J., AND RIESMEYER, W.D., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE ANACONDA-GUNNISON MINE AREA, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, IN HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: DREGS, P. 8-18.
Reference (Deposit): DROBECK, P.A., 1979, GEOLOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF A PART OF THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M. SC. THESIS T-2251.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 9184
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