Mine detail: Champion Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.03722, -88.66812

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Copper
Gangue:	Quartz, Feldspar, Epidote, Pumpellyite-(Mg), Calcite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Lode
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1902-25 OR LONGER
First production started:	1902
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Baltic Amygdaloid, Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Basalt
Alteration processes:	Quartz- pumpellyite

References

MRDS	W062227
DEP	10082864
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: WHITE, W.S., AND WRIGHT, J.C., 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SOUTH RANGE QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF-48, SCALE 1:24000}{Production:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, P.82.}
Reporter	Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.