Champion-Anderson Group

The Champion-Anderson Group is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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-Anderson Group

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1916
Time Period: 1915-1916
Material type: ORE UC
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5% Cu

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Garnetization

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Location): AT MOUGH OF A STEEP-WALLED CANYON; 1 MI. NW OF VOLCANIC PEAK

Comment (Deposit): COPPER CARBONATE MINERALS IN SILICATE ZONE IN LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITIC ROCKS. ORE IN IRREGULAR CHIMNEYS AND MASSES OF GARNETIZED ROCK OCCURRING ALONG GRANITE CONTACT AND FAULTS. ORE IS OXIDIZED TO AT LEAST THE 200-FOOT LEVEL.

Comment (Workings): 400-FOOT SHAFT AND SEVERAL LEVELS TOTALING SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET

References

Reference (Production): ROSS, D. C., 1961, TALBE 6.6

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; UNIV. CALIF. BULL. DEPT. GEOL. SCI., V. 14, NO. 1

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.