The Camp Creek Deposit is a fluorine-fluorite and beryllium mine located in Alaska.
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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
Elevation:
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 65.46972, -167.14861
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Camp Creek Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Camp Creek Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1962
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rapid River Thrust, Camp Creek Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 54.6-62.4% FLUORITE, AVG. 57.4%
Analytical Data: 8 BULK SAMPLES OF FLOAT (WITHIN A FEW FT OF BEDROCK SOURCE): 0.31-1.50% BEO, AVG.: 0.73% BEO
Analytical Data: USGS CIRC. 479, TABLE 4, P. 7.
Materials
Ore: Bertrandite
Ore: Phenacite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Todorokite
Ore: Euclase
Ore: Chrysoberyl
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Stannite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ROUGHTLY TABULAR ZONE OF REPLACEMENT VEINS AND VEINLETS IN FRACTURED LIMESTONE UNDERNEATH RAPID RIVER THRUST FAULT; ORE CONSISTS OF FINE GRAINED FLUORITE (45-65%) AND CHRYSOBERYL (3-10%), WITH BE-DIASPORE (5-15%) INTERGROWN WITH TOURMALINE (0-10%) AND WHITE MICA (0-5%); MINOR AMOUNTS OF TODOROKITE, HEMATITE, EUCLASE AND MN-OXIDES; TRACE PHENACITE, BERTRANDITE, BITYITE, AND CASSITERITE; BEST GRADE ORE LOCALIZED IN EXTREMELY BRECCIATED LIMESTONE AT INTERSECTION OF ORE ZONE WITH LOWER CAMP CREEK THRUST FAULT; ORE ZONE HAS PROVED STRIKE LENGTH OF 1200 M AND EXTENDS FOR SEVERAL 100 FT DOWN (SOUTHERLY) DIP; DD-CORES FROM CENTRAL PART OF DEPOSIT INTERSECTED PYRITE-STANNITE ASSEMBLAGE BOUNDED BY BE-F MINERALIZATION
Comment (Location): DISCONTINUOUS STRINGER LODE TRACEABLE FOR 5000 FT ALONG S SLOPE OF CAMP CREEK, USGS CIRCULAR 479, FIG. 2, P. 6. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MORE THAN 6,000,000 TONS CONTAINING MORE THAN 30% FLUORITE PRESENT, USBM OFR 73-75, P. 83.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY STAGES OF GRANITIC INTRUSIVES; MAY GRADE INTO SN DEPOSIT AT DEPTH.
Comment (Deposit): CONSIDERED PART OF LOST RIVER DEPOSIT IN MANY REFERENCES; SEE ALSO: LOST RIVER MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): EXPLORED BY DD-HOLES IN 1964 BY USBM, AND IN 1970-72 BY P.C.E. EXPLORATIONS, LTD.
Comment (Workings): 13 DD-HOLES DRILLED BY USBM TOTALLED 2158 FT; NO DATA ON P.C.E. DRILLING
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 933, P. 32.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRCULAR 479, P. 4-7.
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 7-65, P. 5, 10, 13, 16, 35-62, 72-76, 79-92.
Reference (Deposit): USGS 250, P. 2-34.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1287, P. 81-83.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 6, LOC. 36.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-08
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