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Champion Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Feldspar
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027797
MRDS ID M004139
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Mine
Alternate or previous names Atwater-Kent Claims, Roadside Claims
Related records 10186511

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14663, 35.29335 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 9 MILES NW OF KINGMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerbat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022N 018W 13 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.14663, 35.29335
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • General form LENS-LIKE
    Strike N 50 W}
    Dip 75 NE}
    Length 304.8M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Follows Minette Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1957
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lou Smith, John Allen, Hugh Alger
    First year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY I.M. GEORGE; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE PAT PATTERSON, C.G. PATTON, WALTER BLACK (1937), J.A. THOMPSON (1935), JOSEPH WANDKE (1926), NEEDLES MINING AND SMELTING, ARIZONA MEXICAN MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.G., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158, JUNE 1970, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FELDSPAR ORCCURS IN REDDISH PEGMATITE OR GRANITE THAT IS COMPOSED MAINLY OF FELDSPAR AND THAT FORMS A 5 FT SECTION OF FOOTWALL AT THE CHAMPION VEIN.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC40116 OF ORRIS WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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