Golden Champion

The Golden Champion is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Golden Champion
Secondary: Pioneer No. 2 Assn.
Secondary: Calvin Fraction
Secondary: Park Horse
Secondary: Keystone
Secondary: Mahoney Bench
Secondary: L Fraction
Secondary: Cripple Creek Venture
Secondary: Cripple Creek
Secondary: Evening Star Assn.
Secondary: Mahoney Bench, Gold Fraction
Secondary: Gold Fraction
Secondary: Old Channel
Secondary: Gold Channel
Secondary: Poverty Ridge
Secondary: Nos. 4&6 Below Ll Bench
Secondary: Forty Acre Bench Assn.
Secondary: Blue Sky No. 4
Secondary: California Assn.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Cripple Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Yellow Eagle Mining, Inc.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Exploration Orbite V. S. P. A.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996

Production

Year: 1996
Description: Ore Processed 4119 Cub Yrs.
Year: 1924
Description: Gold Production 657 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: Silver Production 108 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1922
Description: 2,199 Yards Processed. 356 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: Gold Production 20 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 16,401 Yards Processed. 3682 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 2,370 Yards Processed. 751 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: Silver Production 541 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 1,333 Yards Processed. 775 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 700 Yards Processed. 139 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 3,056 Yards Processed. 660 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Wash
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Alluvial Mining
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): M.S. 354,1635,1652,1660,1680,1684,1697,1946,1948,2052, 2053 ISSUED ON CRIPPLE CREEK CLAIMS. PLACER CASSITERITE IS RARE ON CRIPPLE CREEK. PRODUCTION (USBM FILES) PRIOR TO 1947: 73,991 OZ AU, 11,539 OZ AG.

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-086

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-099

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-121

Reference (Deposit): B337 pp. 29, 44-45

Reference (Deposit): B345c p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B442n p. 234

Reference (Deposit): B520n p. 243

Reference (Deposit): B525a pp. 110, 112-113

Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 208

Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 360

Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 46-48

Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 46-47

Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 44-45

Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 40-41

Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 38-40, 67

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-151

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-212

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-245

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-444

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #44 OCT., 30, 1996, P8.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #51, DEC., 18, 1997, P5.

Reference (Deposit): B314b p. 36

Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 32

Reference (Deposit): MF410

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