Champion

The Champion is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Champion

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Ochoco Creek

Land Status

Administrative Organization: Ochoco National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: David A. And George L. Johnston
Years: 1963 -

Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^19-26 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Local Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration Of Andesite To Clays

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): NW/4 SEC 3, LOCATED AT CENTER OF QUARTER SECTION

References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Production): BROOKS

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