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Champion Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029288
MRDS ID M006736
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Mine
Alternate or previous names Haskins Mine
Related records 10259634

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.55129, 38.40602 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Relative position 1 1/4 MI W. OF WEST POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 013E 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NE 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAIN ORE SHOOT WITH 90 FT STOPES WORKED TO 700 FT DEPTH, ORE WITH GALENA AT 400 FT LEVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.55129, 38.40602
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Cut Off To N & S By Parallel Ne Striking Fissures, Vein Contained Within Diorite Dike

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE-SHAPED
    Strike NW
    Dip 50 SW
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK DESCRIBED AS HORNBLENDE GRANITE OF EVEN TE XTURE AND LIGHT GRAY COLOR. AT DEPTH OF 300FT, SHAFT ENCOUNTERED ZONE OF CHLORITIC AND TALCOSE SCHISTS. A LARGE LENS-SHAPED MASS OF QUARTZ ENCOUNTERED AT GREATER DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • AS MUCH AS $5000 PER WEEK IN LATE 1870'S AND EARLY 1880'S . TOTAL PRODUCTION EST AT $500,000 AT OLD PRICE OF AU. SOME CU & PB PRODUCED FROM CONCENTRATESLARGE AMOUNT OF BULLION RECOVERED FROM LENS OF QUARTZ AT DEPTH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 45.731HA
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SHAFTS DRIFTS ETC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., LYDON, P. A, 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 38 - 39 , 50 , 143 AND PL 13

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P 301

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, VEIN WITHIN DIORITE DIKE AND RANGES FROM 10 IN TO 4 FT IN THICKNESS, FISSURES CUT OFF VEIN AT 400 FT LEVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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