The Champion Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.29333, -114.14583
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Champion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Mine
Secondary: Atwater-Kent Claims
Secondary: Roadside Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Feldspar
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Lou Smith, John Allen, Hugh Alger
Years: 1975 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1957
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET
Comment (Development): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY I.M. GEORGE; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE PAT PATTERSON, C.G. PATTON, WALTER BLACK (1937), J.A. THOMPSON (1935), JOSEPH WANDKE (1926), NEEDLES MINING AND SMELTING, ARIZONA MEXICAN MINING CO
Comment (Deposit): FELDSPAR ORCCURS IN REDDISH PEGMATITE OR GRANITE THAT IS COMPOSED MAINLY OF FELDSPAR AND THAT FORMS A 5 FT SECTION OF FOOTWALL AT THE CHAMPION VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC40116 OF ORRIS WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.G., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397.
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158, JUNE 1970, P. 104.
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