Champion-Anderson Group

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045471
MRDS ID M233218
Record type Site
Current site name Champion-Anderson Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10234, 38.51214 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 1/2 MI. DUE E OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT MOUGH OF A STEEP-WALLED CANYON; 1 MI. NW OF VOLCANIC PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Garnetization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10234, 38.51214

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 121.92M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone-Granite Contact And Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Santa Fe District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Period 1915-1916
    Material ORE UC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 5wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400-FOOT SHAFT AND SEVERAL LEVELS TOTALING SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594

  • Deposit

    CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; UNIV. CALIF. BULL. DEPT. GEOL. SCI., V. 14, NO. 1

  • Production

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, TALBE 6.6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER CARBONATE MINERALS IN SILICATE ZONE IN LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITIC ROCKS. ORE IN IRREGULAR CHIMNEYS AND MASSES OF GARNETIZED ROCK OCCURRING ALONG GRANITE CONTACT AND FAULTS. ORE IS OXIDIZED TO AT LEAST THE 200-FOOT LEVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.