The Champion Mine is a mine located in Lane county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.5906, -122.63280
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Champion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Mine
Secondary: Evening Star
Secondary: Oregon Securities Company
Secondary: West Coast Mines Company
Secondary: Bartels Mining Company
Secondary: Noonday Claims
Secondary: Calapooya Mining and Tunnel Co.
Secondary: Mahala Mines Company
Secondary: Hartford
Secondary: Higgins and Hinsdale
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lane
District: Bohemia
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: Bohemia Minerals Inc.
Company ID: 3503076
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS OXIDIZED TO A DEPTH OF 100 FT,AS NOTED IN REFERE A WEIGHTED AV.GRADE OF 1548 SAMPLES IS 0.555 OZ AV,4.21 OZAG FOR 1548 SAMPLES,COPPER-1.71 PER CENT,ZINC-2.15 PC AND LEAD- USBM,WFOC MIN.PROP.FILE USED TO ESTIMATE TONNAGE AND;SOURCE PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): LAN COUNTY, OREGON, PP. 19, 62-70, PLATE 8, 18-19.
Reference (Deposit): LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT,
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 311.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7512, 1949, P. 22-25.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 893, 1938, P. 51.
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