The Champie Mine is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.07639, -112.47389
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Champie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champie Mine
Secondary: Lone Star
Secondary: Lehman
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Castle Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nickle, A. W.
Years: 1942 -
Owner Name: G. Westerdahl
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Degree Dip) Faults Which Trend Nw
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N20e To N50e. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Fe-Staining
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Development): 3 CLAIMS, ALL UNPATENTED
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL FOLLOWS THE COPPER VEIN, DOWN THE HILL FROM THE TUNNEL IS A SHAFT WHICH IS ON THE LEAD VEIN 4 TUNNELS WITHIN A VERTICAL INTERVAL OF 200 FT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE
Comment (Location): LOCATION MEASURED FROM BETWEEN TWO ADITS. THERE IS A SHAFT TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE CHAMPIE MINE (LEHMAN) IS NOT THE GOLDEN ASTER MINE (LEHMAN)
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 185-186
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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