USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Yavapai County
Champion Mine
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yavapai
- Mining district
- Walker District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former underground Ag-Pb-Au-Cu-Zn mine. Produced 1916-1946. Mineralization is a vein deposit with a tabular ore body. Ore control was faulting, shearing and igneous rocks. Ore concentration was oxidtion at near surface. Minor alteration was noted…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 100 ft deep.
Mindat
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
· depth 100 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: e. Mineralization is a 4 foot (1.2 meter) wide ledge of ore. Workings include a 100 foot deep shaft (1881). Historical context: foot…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Empire Mining Co. · Historical operator
- Avlock, L · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Pyrite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 45940
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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