Mine detail: Champion Shaft

Previously called 'Patented Claim: ChampionMs 9184'

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.35167, -107.09841
dep_id: 10014408
mrds_id: D011162
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite
gangue: Magnetite
ore_ctrl: Folded Metamorphosed Chert Layer
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite;Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_type: Gabbro
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock, Champion Synform, Unnamed Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.
  • Deposit:: NELSON, C.J., AND RIESMEYER, W.D., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE ANACONDA-GUNNISON MINE AREA, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, IN HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: DREGS, P. 8-18.
  • Deposit:: DROBECK, P.A., 1979, GEOLOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF A PART OF THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M. SC. THESIS T-2251.
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 9184
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