Michigan · Houghton County
Past Producer

Champion

Houghton County, Michigan, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsAlabandite, Ankerite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chlorite, Copper, Epidote, Feldspar, Hematite, Laumontite, Prehnite, Quartz, Saponite, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1902
Discovery year1894
Identification
Deposit ID10170747
MRDS IDW062227
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.0353, -88.67006
References
BUTLER, B. S. AND W. S. BURBANK. THE COPPER DEPOSITS OFMICHIGAN. U. S. GEOL SURV. PROF. PAPER 144, 1929, 238PP.CORNWALL, H. R., J. J. RUNNER, A. A. STROMQUIST, R. W. SWAN-SON, AND W. A. WHITE. DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OFRECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER MINES, HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAWCOUNTIES, MICHIGAN, 1949.MENDELSON, A. MINING METHODS AND COSTS AT THE CHAMPION COP-PER MINE, PAINESDALE, MICHIGAN. BUMINES IC 6516, 1931,16PP.NICHOLLS, P. W. REPORT TO STATE GEOLOGIST-CHAMPION MINE.UNPUB. PRIVATE REPORT, 1977.PATRICK, J. L. GEOLOGIC STUDY OF THE FIRST EAST VEIN,CHAMPION MINE, PAINESDALE, MICHIGAN. UNPUB. WHITE PINECOPPER CO. REPORT, 1963.WILBAND, J. T. THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN.UNPUB. FINAL REPORT, BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITYSYSTEM CONTRACT NUMBER J0366067, 1978, 66PP.WHITE, W. S. THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHI-GAN. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE, AIME, V. 1, 1968, PP. 303-325VAN HISE & LEITH 1911 US GEOL SUR MONOGRAPH 52, P577, MAP49