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Champion

Past Producer in Houghton county in Michigan, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10170747
MRDS ID W062227
MAS/MILS ID 0260610042
Record type Site
Current site name Champion
Related records 10082864

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.67006, 47.0353 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hancock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hancock C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Keweenaw Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Houghton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 054 N 034 W 31 C NWNE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Ankerite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Laumontite Unknown
Prehnite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Saponite Unknown
Sericite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Portage Lake Volcanics
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N27E
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 5M
    Length 2438M
    Width 1700M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N27E:70W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 8
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 790111

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1894
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Michigan Native Copper Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Copper Range Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1978

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Period 1902-1907
    Description Total Pounds Copper 1902-1907 822580000 Pounds Copper
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 333085.75mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA IS FROM REFERENCE 016.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Swell Factor .55
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Length of Inclines (m) 550
    Slope of Inclines 70
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 24.95
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S. AND W. S. BURBANK. THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    MICHIGAN. U. S. GEOL SURV. PROF. PAPER 144, 1929, 238

  • Deposit

    PP.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H. R., J. J. RUNNER, A. A. STROMQUIST, R. W. SWAN-

  • Deposit

    SON, AND W. A. WHITE. DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF

  • Deposit

    RECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER MINES, HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, MICHIGAN, 1949.

  • Deposit

    MENDELSON, A. MINING METHODS AND COSTS AT THE CHAMPION COP-

  • Deposit

    PER MINE, PAINESDALE, MICHIGAN. BUMINES IC 6516, 1931,

  • Deposit

    16PP.

  • Deposit

    NICHOLLS, P. W. REPORT TO STATE GEOLOGIST-CHAMPION MINE.

  • Deposit

    UNPUB. PRIVATE REPORT, 1977.

  • Deposit

    PATRICK, J. L. GEOLOGIC STUDY OF THE FIRST EAST VEIN,

  • Deposit

    CHAMPION MINE, PAINESDALE, MICHIGAN. UNPUB. WHITE PINE

  • Deposit

    COPPER CO. REPORT, 1963.

  • Deposit

    WILBAND, J. T. THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    UNPUB. FINAL REPORT, BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY

  • Deposit

    SYSTEM CONTRACT NUMBER J0366067, 1978, 66PP.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W. S. THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHI-

  • Deposit

    GAN. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-

  • Deposit

    1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE, AIME, V. 1, 1968, PP. 303-325

  • Deposit

    VAN HISE & LEITH 1911 US GEOL SUR MONOGRAPH 52, P577, MAP49

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-1995 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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