The Champion Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 2,641 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,641 Feet (805 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.40611, -120.55028
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Champion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion Mine
Secondary: Haskins Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE-SHAPED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Cut Off To N & S By Parallel Ne Striking Fissures, Vein Contained Within Diorite Dike
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): AS MUCH AS $5000 PER WEEK IN LATE 1870'S AND EARLY 1880'S . TOTAL PRODUCTION EST AT $500,000 AT OLD PRICE OF AU. SOME CU & PB PRODUCED FROM CONCENTRATESLARGE AMOUNT OF BULLION RECOVERED FROM LENS OF QUARTZ AT DEPTH.
Comment (Commodity): MAIN ORE SHOOT WITH 90 FT STOPES WORKED TO 700 FT DEPTH, ORE WITH GALENA AT 400 FT LEVEL
Comment (Location): UTM ACC NE 1/4 SEC
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, VEIN WITHIN DIORITE DIKE AND RANGES FROM 10 IN TO 4 FT IN THICKNESS, FISSURES CUT OFF VEIN AT 400 FT LEVEL
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SHAFTS DRIFTS ETC.
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK DESCRIBED AS HORNBLENDE GRANITE OF EVEN TE XTURE AND LIGHT GRAY COLOR. AT DEPTH OF 300FT, SHAFT ENCOUNTERED ZONE OF CHLORITIC AND TALCOSE SCHISTS. A LARGE LENS-SHAPED MASS OF QUARTZ ENCOUNTERED AT GREATER DEPTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., LYDON, P. A, 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 38 - 39 , 50 , 143 AND PL 13
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P 301
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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