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Champion Mine (Atwater-Kent claims; Atwater Kent group; Roadside claims; Needles Mine), Cerbat, Cerbat District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 35°17'36"N
Longitude: 114°8'46"W
‡Ref.: Dings, M.G. (1951), The Wallapai Mining District, Cerbat Mts, Mohave County, Arizona, USGS Bll. 978-E: 149; Schrader, F.C. (1909), Mineral deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and the Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona: USGS Bull. 397: 104-105; Willis, C. (1920), AZ Mining Jour., Aug 1920: 13; AZ tate mine inspectors report, 1915: 21; Hinton, Handbook to Arizona: 98; MRDS files #10027797 & 10186511; The History of Arizona, Chapter X: 78; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Mohave card fileYale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data)..

A former underground Au-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu-pyrite mine owned by the Cerbat Mining Co.

Mineralization is a vein deposit in Ithaca Peak granite with lens-like orebodies. The vein follows a minette dike. Precambrian schistosity strikes N30ºE. Veins, fissures and dikes strike NW to NNW regionally.
The ore vein is 6 feet wide.

Mineral List

Arsenopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
'Feldspar Group'
Galena
Gold
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pyrite
Quartz
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite


10 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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