Structure: Post-Ore Fault Movement Crushed Ore

Alteration: Oxidation

Deposit: Largest vein varied from 5 to 20 ft. Wide, traversing the property for 4000 ft.

Development: Champ d'or mining co. Opened it in 1912, and operated under lease and bond by the orleans hornsilver mining co. 150-ton cyanide plant in operation in 1923. In 1922, southwestern mines company owned the claims with 85% control by silver mines corp. Only mine in district shipping ore in 1908

Geology: Gouge zone separates ore from country rock

Ore(s): Fault Zone; Paralleling Diorite Dikes

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Gold

ⓘ Silver

Mineral List

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ Gold

ⓘ 'Limonite'

2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

ⓘ Diorite

ⓘ Limestone

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Gold

Formula: Au

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ 'Limonite'

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Gold	1.AA.05	Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Galena	2.CD.10	PbS
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Limonite'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Galena	PbS
Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Gold	Au
Pb	Lead
Pb	ⓘ Galena	PbS

Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10046717

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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References

Weed, Walter Harvey (1922) Describing the Mining Companies of the World. The Mines Handbook - succeeding The Copper Handbook Vol. 15. The Mines Handbook Co. pages 1333, 1342

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