| Deposit ID | 10071312 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014639 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Champion Silver Mine |
| Related records | 10173366 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.61089, 46.23296 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1963 |
| Relative position | 13 MILES SE OF DEER LODGE, 20 MILES N OF BUTTE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Deer Lodge(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lockhart Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Deer Lodge |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 006N | 008W | 28,33 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 500 PPM AG, 500 PPM CR |
|---|---|
| Result | 1000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM ZN |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Butte Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock description | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Butte Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.61089, 46.23296 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Orofino District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Champion Silver Mining Co, Denver, Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Home office | Butte, Mt |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014639 |
MBMG BULL 92, P. 6.
MBMG MEM 31, P. 20
USGS-USBM YEARBOOKS 1925-1965
MBMG MEM 31, P. 20.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WATER DRAINS DOWN FROM MINE TO CREEK. 10 ACRES OF DISTURBED AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1975 | Mlynarczyk, Meg S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1983 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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