The Champion Silver Mine is a silver mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 6,440 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,440 Feet (1,963 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.23306, -112.61000
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Champion Silver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Silver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Orofino District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Home Office: Butte, Mt
Owner Name: Champion Silver Mining Co, Denver, Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM ZN
Analytical Data: 500 PPM AG, 500 PPM CR
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS INTERMITTENT FROM 1922-1965.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, ORE BINS, PROBABLE MILL, FLOODED
Comment (Deposit): WATER DRAINS DOWN FROM MINE TO CREEK. 10 ACRES OF DISTURBED AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 92, P. 6.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31, P. 20
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM YEARBOOKS 1925-1965
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 31, P. 20.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
