Camp Creek Mine

The Camp Creek Mine is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 3,100 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Camp Creek Mine
Secondary: Mccoy Creek
Secondary: Lucky Break
Secondary: Primary Gold

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District - Camp Creek Area

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 Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Camp Creek Metals Co.
Years: 1956 -

Owner Name: Randy Williams
Years: 1985 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Cu

Orebody

Form: STOCKWORK

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AU:CU=0.005 OZ/TON AU:1% CU

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON CAMP CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO MCCOY CREEK. UNSURVEYED

Comment (Development): MOSTLY MINED BETWEEN 1934 AND 1940. SINCE 1940, SEVERAL OPERATORS ATTEMPTED TO MINE GOLD BUT WERE APPARENTLY UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF SPOTTY NATURE OF ORE AND NARROWNESS OF VEINS. PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN 1977.

Comment (Production): HUNTTING REPORTED A PRODUCTION OF $75,000 PRIOR TO 1934, BUT DOUBTFUL

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO NORTH-TRENDING, STEEPLY DIPPING FRACTURES FILLED WITH QUARTZ AND IRON OXIDES. ORE IS LOCALIZED AT INTERSECTION OF EAST-TRENDING FRACTURES PARALLEL TO CAMP CREEK, AND NORTH-TRENDING QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS PARALLEL TO MCCOY CREEK. SOME GOLD WAS MINED FROM PYRITIC QUARTZ VEINS. NARROW IRON-OXIDE SEAMS ADJACENT TO QUARTZ VEINS YIELDED FLAKES OF GOLD TO 0.5 IN. ACROSS AND MASSES TO 2 IN. IN DIAMETER AND 0.5 IN. THICK.

Comment (Commodity): GOLD PRESENT IN FLAKES TO 0.5 IN. ACROSS AND IN MASSES TO 2 IN. DIAMETER AND 0.5 IN. THICK

Comment (Workings): 10 SHORT ADITS, NONE OVER 100 FT LONG MOST OF ADITS ARE CAVED AT PORTALS.

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT HAS A LOW K20 TO NA2O RATIO. TOURMALINE IS ABSENT

Comment (Deposit): SKETCH MAP OF CAMP CREEK MINE AND AREA IN MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700188

References

Reference (Production): MOEN, 1977, P. 30

Reference (Deposit): LINK, J.E., 1985, GOLD AND COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE MCCOY CREEK DISTRICT, SKAMANIA COUNTY, WASHINGTON: PULLMAN, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 176 P.

Reference (Deposit): HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 25.

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. 154, 155.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60. P. 17, 30-31.

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