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Champion Gold and Silver Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078399
MRDS ID W026709
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Gold and Silver Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Champion, Lucky, Coeur D'Alene Champion Mine
Related records 10241872

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.75492, 47.51657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1628
Relative position AT HEAD OF BURKE CANYON. 4 MI N OF MULLAN. ABOUT 2 MI E OF BURKE AND 2 MI W OF MONTANA LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N;048N 005E;006E 12,13;07,18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI N OF LUCKY FRIDAY MINE; SE OF SILVER TREASURE GROUP. ORIGINAL 13 CLAIMS TOP OF BURKE CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 4 STRONG SHOWINGS OF STRATABOUND CU-AG MINERALIZATION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation;Upper Revett Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formationt;Upper Revett Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.75492, 47.51657
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E Limb Of Granite Peak Syncline

Ore body information

  • Length 1828.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Champion Gold And Silver, Inc.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 30 CLAIMS (PROPERTY IS CONSOLIDATED WITH 17 CLAIMS OF THE ADJOINING LUCKY STRIKE SILVER INC.); 2000 ACRES OF SILVER TREASURE GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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