The Camp Creek Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.45611, -121.03917
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Camp Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Camp Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Camp Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Wenatchee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Cle Elum River Mining Co.
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SHIPMENT CONTAINED 0.22 OZ/TON AU, 31.14 OZ/TON AG, 0.38% CU, 4.1% ZN, 1.06% SB, 4.8% AS. GRAB SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.27 OZ/TON AU, 3.1 OZ/TON AG, 0.23% PB, 0.28% ZN
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 4 ADITS THROUGH A VERTICAL DIFFERENCE OF 800 FT
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS NO HAWKINS FORMATION IN AREA OF PROPERTY AND CURRENT NAME FOR THESE ROCKS IS UNKNOWN. NEAREST TERTIARY FORMATION SHOWN IS SWAUK FORMATION
Comment (Deposit): NARROW QUARTZ VEINS
References
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
Reference (Deposit): FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., ORT, K.M., AND WAITT, R.B., JR., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 298.
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