The Belle Champion Mine is a silver, gold, lead, and zinc mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,179 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: 8,179 Feet (2,493 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 37.99861, -107.99444
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Belle Champion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belle Champion Mine
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Belle Champion
Secondary: Golden Era
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Lower San Miguel 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
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns
Type: L
Description: Gray Head Fault, Gray Head Laccolith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE LIES EAST OF UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF SAN MIGUEL RIVER 0.4 MILE NE OF SAWPIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Deposit): TRIASSIC AND JURASSIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CUT BY GRAY HEAD FAULT, WHICH AT MINE SITE TRENDS N 18 W, DOWNTHROWN ON NE. AT SAME PLACE, FAULT INTERSECTS GENERALLY EAST-WEST-TRENDING MICROGABBRO DIKE. PYROXENE MINETTE DIKE TRENDS PARALLEL TO AND 300 FT WEST OF FAULT. VEIN FOLLOWS DIKE ON GOLDEN ERA CLAIM; REPLACEMENT IN PONY EXPRESS LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL HEADING GENERALLY EAST, EXTENT UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRAY HEAD QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-176.
Reference (Deposit): HESS, F.L., 1913, NOTES ON THE VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 530, P. 142-156.
Reference (Deposit): BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E, P. 376-377.
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