| Deposit ID | 10009821 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003054 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Champion Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Champion and Oxide King Copper Prospect: Aztec Group Patented In 1900, Champion, Oxide King, Aztec, Jumbo, Sunset, Champion, Oxide King, Sunset and Aztec Millsites |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.79613, 36.21922 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2301 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 18 MILES S 45 W OF TAOS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Taos(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Trampas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Taos |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 023N | 011E | 17,20 | SW (17); NW (20) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ortega Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Ortega Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.79613, 36.21922 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Copper Hill Anticline Plunges West-Southwest And The Champion Mine Is Located Along With Axis Of The Anticline. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1879 |
| Year of last production | 1959 |
| District name | Picuris District: Copper Hill Area |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | D. H. Abel |
| First year | 1959 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 106.68M |
| Overall depth | 54.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003054 |
MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES
SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 102-103
MILLER, J.P., MONTGOMERY, A., AND SUTHERLAND, P.K., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 11, 106 PAGES
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 9 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1049 COVERING 123.3 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-78 | Hasler, J. William | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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