| Deposit ID | 10044698 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232264 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Champion Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.85007, 39.73548 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2207 |
| Relative position | 25 MILES N. OF EUREKA, NEVADA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rattlesnake Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 022N | 054E | 01 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -115.85007, 39.73548 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| District name | Diamond District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232264 |
ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA NBMG BULL. 67
WHEERLER, G.M., 1872, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS IN NEVADA AND ARIZONA, V.2,
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA.
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AS POCKETS AND BUNCHES. |
| Deposit | WORKINGS TOTAL - 500 FEET CHAMPION MINE, AN EARLY C(1870) LOCATION IN THE DIAMOND DISTRICT (WHEELER, 1872). THE ORE IS ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA IN VEINS THAT TREND N-S (IGID). A SMELTER WAS ERECTED AT THIS MINE, WHICH WAS THE PRINCIPAL PROPERTY, IN 1873; A SMALL AMOUNT OF BULLION WAS PRODUCED, WITH THE DISTRICT BEING ABANDONED SHORTLY THEREAFTER, (LINCOLN, 1923). THE ORE OCCURS AS POCKETS AND BUNCHES IN VEINS IN LS. SOME FC & SB PRESENT WITH PB CARBONATE (IGID). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Taylor, J. K. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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