The Champion Mine is a silver, copper, gold, and lead mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.61667, -112.50833
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Champion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Rochester District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Highland Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SMELTER ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.91 OZ AU/TON, 3.75 OZ AG/TON, 0.10% CU, 8.40% PB, 12.80% FE, AND 3.00% AS.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FLOODED IN 1950 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, SE 1/4, OF SECTION 31.
Comment (Development): HOIST AND PUMP
Comment (Deposit): CHAMPION MINE IS ON SW EXTENSION OF ALAMEDA VEIN.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ON HANGING WALL OF 70 FT. GRANITE SILL OR DIKE, LOW GRADE SULFIDE ORE IN LIMONITIC QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 19, P. 39.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-22-1963
Reference (Deposit): 1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 1
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.
