Champie Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048153
MRDS ID M800200
Record type Site
Current site name Champie Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Star, Lehman
Related records 10210740

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47463, 34.07645 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 3.4 MILES NORTH OF BLACK BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 002W 33 NE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION MEASURED FROM BETWEEN TWO ADITS. THERE IS A SHAFT TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE CHAMPIE MINE (LEHMAN) IS NOT THE GOLDEN ASTER MINE (LEHMAN)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Specularite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Fe-Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Amphibole Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Early Proterozoic granitic rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Degree Dip) Faults Which Trend Nw
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N20e To N50e. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 W TO N 20 W
    Dip 35 SW TO 45 SW
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nickle, A. W.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Westerdahl
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • 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

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS, ALL UNPATENTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 185-186

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.