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Champion I

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030839
MRDS ID M009290
Record type Site
Current site name Champion I
Related records 10212265

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.21821, 37.72686 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Relative position 5 MI NE OF MARIPOSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 016E 28,33 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 28 , NW 1/4 33 UTM APP.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • DUMPS CONTAIN LARGE QUANTITY, SULFIDE IMPREGNATED WALL ROCK WHICH PROBABLY CONSTITUTES LOW-GRADE ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.21821, 37.72686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 55 NE
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Production years 1878 - 1939

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Car Da Mining Co. And Adlaide M. Ray

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY 1878 - 1939. FROM 1900 RECORDED PRODUCTION $150,000 - 200,000. IN THE FALL OF 1910 ONE MILL CLEANUP FROM 250 TONS OF ORE MILLED, YIELDED $14,800. ABOUT 1914 SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE AVERAGED $45/TON. ABOUT $67,000 IN GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCED 1936 - 1939. IDLE SINCE 1939 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 4.197HA
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 440 FT. DEEP WITH 4 LEVELS, 200 FT. EXIT SHAFT, 2000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 42 .

  • 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. 83-84 , 249 .

  • Deposit

    JULIHN, C. E., & HORTON, F. W., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE U. S.: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 424 , P. 102 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 183 .

  • Deposit

    5) LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV.- MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 83 .

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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