Champagne

Plant in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10289933
MAS/MILS ID 0160230142
Record type Site
Current site name Champagne
Alternate or previous names Champagne Mine, Lava Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -113.32758, 43.7024 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arco North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004 N 026 E Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -113.32758, 43.7024

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1989
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Idaho Gold Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bema Gold Corp. (Owns 85% Of Idaho Gold Corp.)
    Interest 85
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Star Resources Corp. (Owns 15% Of Idaho Gold)
    Interest 15
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1997

Comments on the workings information

  • PROCESS WATER IS CONTAINED WITHIN A CLOSED SYSTEM. POST CLOSURE MONITORING WILL CONTINUE FOR 4 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY. 1988.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P268.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P195.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECLAMATION COMPLETED IN 1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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