The Camp Creek Claims is a lead, copper, silver, and gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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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: Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.98472, -118.78278
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Camp Creek Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Camp Creek Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: North Fork
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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Administrative Organization: Umatilla National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John F Koch
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS (STATE LABORATORY) WERE VERY LOW.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTER OF SECTION ; 10 CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT BY PITS AND TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY LIMONITIC, TALCOSE, SHEARED SEAM; ORE IS COMPOSED OF SHATTERED ARGILLITE, CEMENTED WITH HEMATITE FORMING CRUSTS AND VEINLETS. SOME CHLORITIC MATERIAL IS PRESENT IN SMALL PATCHES AND ROUNDED BODIES IN BOTTOM OF LOWER PIT, THERE ARE SOME SMALL LENSES OF PYRITE, GALENA, AND CHALCOPYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 99
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