The Champion Mine is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.54694, -118.15917
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Champion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Mine
Secondary: Silver Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Star 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Star Basin Fault
Type: L
Description: N-Ne Fault Zone, Cross Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A SET OF MAJOR WEST-DIPPING FISSURE VEINS CONNECTED BY SMALLER VEINS ALONG SEVERAL SETS OF CROSS-FRACTURES. THE PRINCIPAL VEINS STRIKE N10E. PARALLEL TO THE FAULT ZONE, RESULTING BY FILLING AND REPLACEMENT ALONG FRACTURES.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A SET OF MAJOR WEST-WARD DIPPING FISSURE VEINS CONNECTED BY SMALLER VEINS ALONG SEVERAL SETS OF CROSS FRACTURES. THE PRINCIPAL VEINS STRIKE N10E, PARALLEL TO THE FAULT ZONE RESULTING BY FILLING AND REPLACEMENT ALONG FRACTURES.
Comment (Location): IN STAR BASIN; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = IMLAY (1956) 1:625000
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE NE HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA; GSA BULL.50 NO.4, P 603, 620-621
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
