The Champion Mine is a titanium mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 7,267 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: 7,267 Feet (2,215 Meters)
Commodity: Titanium
Lat, Long: 37.6189, -118.32000
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Champion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Mine
Secondary: Diaspore
Secondary: Vulcanus
Secondary: Black Eagle
Secondary: Jeffrey Mine
Secondary: Champion Sillimanite
Secondary: Vulcanite
Commodity
Primary: Titanium
Tertiary: Kyanite
Location
State: California
County: Mono
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): ANDALUSITE WAS THE COMMODITY MINED. RUTILE IS AN ACCESSORY.
References
Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR - PRESS V. 120 NO. 3, P. 91.
Reference (Deposit): ARKIV FOR MINEROLOGI OCH GEOLOGY BAND 4, NR 29, P. 493.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT, V. 20, 1924, P. 149.{
Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 27, NO. 7, NOV. 1932.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES REPORT, V. 27, 1931, P. 453-455.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 36, 1940, P. 149-150.
Reference (Deposit): GEMSTONES OF N. AMERICA, J. SINKANKAS, 1959, P. 393 & P. 431
Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5183, P. 15.
Reference (Deposit): SILLIMANITE, E.R. VARLEY, 1968, CHEMICAL PUBLISHING CO.
Reference (Deposit): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 800-B, P. 202.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, DECEMBER 1977, P. 478.
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