The Champion I is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,650 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: 1,650 Feet (503 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.72694, -120.21722
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Champion I MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion I
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Car Da Mining Co. And Adlaide M. Ray
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1855
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY 1878 - 1939. FROM 1900 RECORDED PRODUCTION $150,000 - 200,000. IN THE FALL OF 1910 ONE MILL CLEANUP FROM 250 TONS OF ORE MILLED, YIELDED $14,800. ABOUT 1914 SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE AVERAGED $45/TON. ABOUT $67,000 IN GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCED 1936 - 1939. IDLE SINCE 1939 .
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 440 FT. DEEP WITH 4 LEVELS, 200 FT. EXIT SHAFT, 2000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES.
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM.
Comment (Commodity): DUMPS CONTAIN LARGE QUANTITY, SULFIDE IMPREGNATED WALL ROCK WHICH PROBABLY CONSTITUTES LOW-GRADE ORE.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 28 , NW 1/4 33 UTM APP.
References
Reference (Deposit): 5) LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV.- MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 83 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 42 .
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 83-84 , 249 .
Reference (Deposit): JULIHN, C. E., & HORTON, F. W., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE U. S.: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 424 , P. 102 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 183 .
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