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Champaign Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Uranium
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288297
MAS/MILS ID 0080930030
Record type Site
Current site name Champaign Mine
Alternate or previous names Champaign and Coney claims, Champaign and Coney Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.16005, 39.30471 (WGS84)
Elevation 3612

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Climax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008 S 078 W 31 SW4 of SW4 Colorado
6th Principal 008 S 078 W 15 SW4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Champaign is in section 31, Coney is more than 4 mi. to the NE in Sec. 15. These two mines should not be recorded together.

    Champaign claim is Survey # 646. Coney claim is # 257. (See claim map in CGS Bull. 3, pl. 1 and appendix B.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Silver Plume Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.16005, 39.30471
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Length 1610M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Strike And Dip N33E:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the ore body information

  • D002316 reported pitchblende as ore.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1876

Mining district

District name Alma District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Material Produced more silver than Sweet Home but less than Orphan Boy.

Comments on the production information

  • $250,000, 80 oz Ag, 2 oz Au/ton, 0.013% U3O8 (from DC00246).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Champaign

Comments on the environmental information

  • Hydrologic unit code calculated 3/94 using GIS overlay analysis with 1:1,000,000-scale (est) Federal owenership boundaries.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2314, DATED 1951. RADIOACTIVITY: 4XBG A RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN A TERTIARY AGE VEIN.
Deposit Radon gas in mine (from DC00246)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 07-AUG-2007 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged 4 records.
Reporter 26-MAY-1993 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080930030
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080930074
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey D002316
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Conservation Division Files Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists) DC00246

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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