Alta Champion

Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Bismuth, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020926
MRDS ID DC14282
Record type Site
Current site name Alta Champion

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -111.91839, 40.66612 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Lake City South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 3 % BI, 14 OZ/TON AG, 0.65 OZ/TON AU.

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -111.91839, 40.66612

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1934

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YEARBOOK, 1935, 1936, 1937.

  • Deposit

    MINING BISMUTH IN UTAH, MINING CONG. JOUR., VOL. 21, NO. 10, OCT., 1935, P. 25, 36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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