The Champion Claim is a mine located in Pennington county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,118 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
Elevation: 5,118 Feet (1,560 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.9247, -103.50000
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Champion Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Pennington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Other
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
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 (Deposit): QTZ VEIN 1 FT WIDE HAS GRADATIONAL CONTACT WITH COUNTRY ROCK WOLFRAMITE XLS UP TO 1 INCH LONG STRONGLY IRON STAINED NO RECORDED PRODUCTION HARD COPY FILE CONTAINS FILE REPORT PLUS MAPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U S BUREAU OF MINES INF CIRC 7707 P 44 45
Reference (Deposit): S DAK SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 12 P 58
Reference (Deposit): S DAK SCHOOL OF MINES BULL 17 P 129
Reference (Deposit): S DAK BUREAU OF MINES INF CIRC 7069 P 39
Reference (Deposit): AKOTA 1936 P 25
Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS J B REPT OF S D STATE PLANNING BOARD,TUNSTEN MINING
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