Champion Mine

Past Producer in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274531
MRDS ID M025160
MAS/MILS ID 0410390029
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Mine
Alternate or previous names Evening Star, Oregon Securities Company, West Coast Mines Company, Bartels Mining Company, Noonday Claims, Calapooya Mining and Tunnel Co., Mahala Mines Company, Hartford, Higgins and Hinsdale
Related records 10036371

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.63395, 43.59042 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coast Fork Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua 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 Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023 S 001 E 12 S2S2NW Oregon

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.63395, 43.59042

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 70S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 700M
    Width 129M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N65W:70S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bohemia

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bohemia Minerals Inc.
    ID 3503076
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 893, 1938, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7512, 1949, P. 22-25.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 311.

  • Deposit

    LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT,

  • Deposit

    LAN COUNTY, OREGON, PP. 19, 62-70, PLATE 8, 18-19.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS OXIDIZED TO A DEPTH OF 100 FT,AS NOTED IN REFERE A WEIGHTED AV.GRADE OF 1548 SAMPLES IS 0.555 OZ AV,4.21 OZAG FOR 1548 SAMPLES,COPPER-1.71 PER CENT,ZINC-2.15 PC AND LEAD- USBM,WFOC MIN.PROP.FILE USED TO ESTIMATE TONNAGE AND;SOURCE PRODUCTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/1984
MSHA mine ID3503076
Mine name (MSHA)Champion Mine
Current operatorHanuman Mines Ltd Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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