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Champion Mine

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Kyanite, Titanium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212328
MRDS ID M010622
MAS/MILS ID 0060510001
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Mine
Alternate or previous names Diaspore, Vulcanus, Black Eagle, Jeffrey Mine, Champion Sillimanite, Vulcanite
Related records 10031572

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.32094, 37.61884 (WGS84)
Elevation 2215
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chalfant Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 S 033 E 11 NWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.32094, 37.61884
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDALUSITE WAS THE COMMODITY MINED. RUTILE IS AN ACCESSORY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, DECEMBER 1977, P. 478.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT, V. 20, 1924, P. 149.{

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 27, NO. 7, NOV. 1932.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES REPORT, V. 27, 1931, P. 453-455.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 36, 1940, P. 149-150.

  • Deposit

    GEMSTONES OF N. AMERICA, J. SINKANKAS, 1959, P. 393 & P. 431

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5183, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    SILLIMANITE, E.R. VARLEY, 1968, CHEMICAL PUBLISHING CO.

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 800-B, P. 202.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR - PRESS V. 120 NO. 3, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    ARKIV FOR MINEROLOGI OCH GEOLOGY BAND 4, NR 29, P. 493.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1991 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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