Mine detail: Champion-Anderson Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.51214, -118.10234

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1915

Geology

Host rock:	Luning
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Granite
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Garnetization

References

MRDS	M233218
DEP	10045471
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594}{Deposit:: CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; UNIV. CALIF. BULL. DEPT. GEOL. SCI., V. 14, NO. 1}{Production:: ROSS, D. C., 1961, TALBE 6.6}
Reporter	Royse, Sue E.