Champie Mine

The Champie Mine is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 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

Name: Champie Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 34.07639, -112.47389

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Champie Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Champie Mine
Secondary: Lone Star
Secondary: Lehman


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Castle Creek District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Nickle, A. W.
Years: 1942 -

Owner Name: G. Westerdahl
Years: 1942 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Degree Dip) Faults Which Trend Nw

Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N20e To N50e. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Fe-Staining


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite


Comments

Comment (Development): 3 CLAIMS, ALL UNPATENTED

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL FOLLOWS THE COPPER VEIN, DOWN THE HILL FROM THE TUNNEL IS A SHAFT WHICH IS ON THE LEAD VEIN 4 TUNNELS WITHIN A VERTICAL INTERVAL OF 200 FT

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE

Comment (Location): LOCATION MEASURED FROM BETWEEN TWO ADITS. THERE IS A SHAFT TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE CHAMPIE MINE (LEHMAN) IS NOT THE GOLDEN ASTER MINE (LEHMAN)


References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 185-186

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA


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