Champion Mine

Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071917
MRDS ID W015688
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.67311, 43.86018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 4.25 MI SSW OF MACKAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 023E 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SSE FROM EMPIRE MINE

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Calamine Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name White Knob Limestone
    Rock description White Knob Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary rocks (Mississippian).

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONES TREND NNW AND DIP ALMOST VERTICAL; WOLLASTONITE OCCURS IN CAVE TUNNEL; UMPLEBY (1917) REFERS TO QUARTZ MONZONITE AS GRANITE PORPHYRY AND RHYOLITE DIKES AS TRACHYTE PORPHYRY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Alder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joseph Ausich

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1938-1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8.8 - 13.2 % Pb, 1.4 - 5.3 % Zn, 0.12 - 0.85 % Cu, Au, Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 11wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INTERMITTENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 731.52M
    Overall depth 158.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 LEVELS; ASSESSMENT WORK PRESENTLY

Comments on development

  • 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LELAND, G. R., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MACKAY STOCK AREA: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 71 P.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS

  • Deposit

    NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., 1968, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE ALDER CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1252-A, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MACKAY REGION, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    1917 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., PROF. PAPER 97

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP NELSON, W. H. AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 1252-A

  • Production

    ITEMS 8-13, LELAND, G. R., 1957, UNIV. IDAHO, M. S. THESIS; ITEM 14, NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., 1968, USGS BULL. 1252-A

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references