Champion Ii

The Champion Ii is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.

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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

Name: Champion Ii  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.54417, -119.97111

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Champion Ii MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Champion Ii


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Kinsley


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Belle Mccord Roberts


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: PINCH & SWELL


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM EST. SEC LINES PROJECTED

Comment (Production): DISCOVERED BEFORE THE 1880'S. FIVE HUNDRED TONS OF ORE TAKEN OUT 1889-90 REPORTED TO AVERAGE ABOUT $12 PER TON; IN 1919 ONLY ASSESSMENT WORK WAS BEING DONE; NO SUSTAINED MINING DONE BEFORE 1929 AND LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE IN RECENT YEARS.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN 4-12 FT THICK

Comment (Workings): IN 1919 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 96-FT. SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 50 AND 90 FT. 188 FT. DRIFTS, AND SHALLOW WORKINGS STRUNG OUT ALONG THE VEIN FOR OVER 1300 FT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN MATTER IS IN PART MASSIVE MILKY QUARTZ AND IN PART A RIBBON-STRUCTURE OF LAMINATED WHITE & GLASSY QUARTZ INCLUDING THIN SHEETS OF SLATE WALL-ROCK. IT FOLLOWS CONTACT BETWEEN SLALY AND SCHISTOSE METASEDIMENTS AND HORNBLENDE GRANODIORITE WHICH IS CUT BY SEVERAL GRANITIC PORPHYRY DIKES. THE LARGEST DIKE PARALLELS STRIKE OF VEIN.

Comment (Deposit): OWNER HAS RETAINED MINERAL RIGHTS ON ONE CLAIM OF ABOUT 20 ACRES WHICH IS PART OF A PARCEL OF PATENTED AGRICULTURAL LAND.


References

Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1903 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF., P. 10 .

Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 84-85 , 249 .

Reference (Deposit): CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MARIPOSA COUNTY: 17TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST ( FOR 1920 ) , P. 110 .


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