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Silver Champion Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10047149
MRDS ID M242401
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Champion Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Champion Lode and Millsite?, Part of Palmetto Mine?,, Champion Mine, NBMG Sample Site 1131

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65592, 37.49912 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 039E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 11 5.5 MILES NE OF MILL RUINS ON ST. HIGHWAY #3 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65592, 37.49912
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip N
    Length 151274.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Columbia Mountain Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT DEEP SHAFT, 6 TO 8 SHAFTS, NO SURFACE WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • FAIR-SIZED DUMPS CARRYING MILL-GRADE ORE REMAINING IN 1960'S. 6-8 SHAFTS (1982), NO SURFACE WORKINGS, FAIR ROADS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN SYSTEM APPEARS TO PARALLEL THAT AT THE NEARBY PALMETTO MINE. STRIKE LENGTH MAY EXCEED 1/3 MILE. SKARN MINERALS SEEN ON DUMP, BUT NOTAS MAJOR MINERALIZATION.
Deposit THOMPSON & WEST MENTION THE CHAMPION MINE ON THE MAIN WORKINGS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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