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Champion Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042516
MRDS ID M060333
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Star Mine
Related records 10174667

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16014, 40.54683 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 034E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN STAR BASIN; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = IMLAY (1956) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16014, 40.54683
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Star Basin Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Ne Fault Zone, Cross Fractures

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A SET OF MAJOR WEST-WARD DIPPING FISSURE VEINS CONNECTED BY SMALLER VEINS ALONG SEVERAL SETS OF CROSS FRACTURES. THE PRINCIPAL VEINS STRIKE N10E, PARALLEL TO THE FAULT ZONE RESULTING BY FILLING AND REPLACEMENT ALONG FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A SET OF MAJOR WEST-DIPPING FISSURE VEINS CONNECTED BY SMALLER VEINS ALONG SEVERAL SETS OF CROSS-FRACTURES. THE PRINCIPAL VEINS STRIKE N10E. PARALLEL TO THE FAULT ZONE, RESULTING BY FILLING AND REPLACEMENT ALONG FRACTURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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