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Champion

Past Producer in Crook county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041042
MRDS ID M055956
Record type Site
Current site name Champion
Related records 10298624

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.44138, 44.38733 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whistler Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prineville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Crooked(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ochoco National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 019E 3 NE OF CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 SEC 3, LOCATED AT CENTER OF QUARTER SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Limonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration Of Andesite To Clays

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.44138, 44.38733
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip 50 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer A. J. Champion And Mr. & Mrs. Bert Tolladay
Production years 1934 - 1938, 1941

Mining district

District name Ochoco Creek

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Ochoco National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner David A. And George L. Johnston
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period To 1963
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^19-26 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 10160g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Production

    BROOKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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