Mine detail: Champion

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.0353, -88.67006

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Other material: Alabandite, Ankerite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chlorite, Copper, Epidote, Feldspar, Hematite, Laumontite, Prehnite, Quartz, Saponite, Sericite
Discovery year: 1894

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1902

Geology

References

MRDSW062227
MAS260610042
DEP10170747
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, B. S. AND W. S. BURBANK. THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF}{Deposit:: MICHIGAN. U. S. GEOL SURV. PROF. PAPER 144, 1929, 238}{Deposit:: PP.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H. R., J. J. RUNNER, A. A. STROMQUIST, R. W. SWAN-}{Deposit:: SON, AND W. A. WHITE. DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF}{Deposit:: RECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER MINES, HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW}{Deposit:: COUNTIES, MICHIGAN, 1949.}{Deposit:: MENDELSON, A. MINING METHODS AND COSTS AT THE CHAMPION COP-}{Deposit:: PER MINE, PAINESDALE, MICHIGAN. BUMINES IC 6516, 1931,}{Deposit:: 16PP.}{Deposit:: NICHOLLS, P. W. REPORT TO STATE GEOLOGIST-CHAMPION MINE.}{Deposit:: UNPUB. PRIVATE REPORT, 1977.}{Deposit:: PATRICK, J. L. GEOLOGIC STUDY OF THE FIRST EAST VEIN,}{Deposit:: CHAMPION MINE, PAINESDALE, MICHIGAN. UNPUB. WHITE PINE}{Deposit:: COPPER CO. REPORT, 1963.}{Deposit:: WILBAND, J. T. THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN.}{Deposit:: UNPUB. FINAL REPORT, BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY}{Deposit:: SYSTEM CONTRACT NUMBER J0366067, 1978, 66PP.}{Deposit:: WHITE, W. S. THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHI-}{Deposit:: GAN. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-}{Deposit:: 1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE, AIME, V. 1, 1968, PP. 303-325}{Deposit:: VAN HISE & LEITH 1911 US GEOL SUR MONOGRAPH 52, P577, MAP49}
ReporterLyday, Travis Q.