Cameron-Johnson Mine

The Cameron-Johnson Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Cameron-Johnson Mine
Secondary: Valdez Gold Mining Co

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Port Valdez

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS MF-438, LOC.3 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): 1912: ORE SHIPMENTS MADE, 1913: NEARLY 200 TONS MILLED, 1914: SOME AU PRODUCED, 1916 AND 1917: A FEW TONS OF ORE PRODUCED, 1920: AND 1921:A FEW TONS OF ORE PRODUCED, NO OTHER DATA ON PRODUCTION

Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS FISSURE VEINS UP TO 3 M THICK, GENERALLY THINNER, CONTAINAURIFEROUS QUARTZ CARRYING ABOUT 3% SULFIDES INCLUDING PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA AND SPHALERITE; MAZUMA VEIN: AVERAGE WIDTH 3 FT, UP TO 11.5 FT LOCALLY, STRIKE N 62-72 W WITH 55 TO 72 N DIP, TRACEABLE OVER 100 FT; TREASURY NOTE VEIN: 3 TO 36 IN OF ORE TRACEABLE OVER 300 FT; ALL OTHER VEINS NARROWER AND SHORTER

Comment (Development): LOCATED 1911; PRODUCTION 1912-1921 NEARLY EVERY YEAR; 17 CLAIMS ONPROPERTY BY 1914; 23 LODE CLAIMS AND 3 PLACER CLAIMS IN 1916 WHEN CAMP REORGANIZED AS VALDEZ GOLD CO.; ATTEMPT TO REOPEN MINE IN 1935 WAS APPARENTLY UNSUCCESSFUL; MINE ON PATENTED GROUND

Comment (Workings): MORE THAN 2000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS IN AT LEAST 9 DIFFERENT TUNNELS ON TWO DIFFERENT VEINS; AERIAL TRAM AND 10-STAMP MILL ON PROPERTY

Comment (Geology): SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK: N85E WITH 80 N DIP

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: RAMBLER, MINNIE, OLSON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 592, P. 63, 238

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 45, 172-174

Reference (Deposit): USBM BULL 153, P. 51

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 880-A, P.24

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC.3

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 3

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-03

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