Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold
SecondaryGemstone
TertiaryZinc, Manganese
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlEast-West-Trending Fault Cutting Megabreccia Within Lake City Caldera
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Granite · Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1877
Last production1974
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10014741
MRDS IDD011652
Alternate namesMs 2318, Patented Claim: Champion
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.94612, -107.48035
References
BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-30.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M.SC. THESIS, 111 P.HOLMES, R.W., AND KENNEDY, M.B., 1983, CHAMPION MINE, IN MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO): NEW YORK, VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD CO., P. 185-186.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.