The Camp Creek is a gold 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
Camp Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Camp Creek
Secondary: Fager Gulch
Secondary: Tlatskokot
Secondary: Portage Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kaiyuh
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of Camp Creek consist of Paleozoic to Proterozoic schist and quartzite (Patton and Moll-Stalcup, 2000). Placer gold is present in the streambed for at least two claim lengths up Fager Gulch, a locally-named west tributary to Camp Creek, and in Camp Creek for two claim lengths below the junction of Fager Gulch. The width of pay in 1939 was about 200 feet; it was in coarse gravels of volcanic rocks. Black sand consisting of pyrite, magnetite, and garnet, is associated with the gold. The gold-bearing gravel is beneath 8 to 9 feet of black muck and rests on a layer of blue clay that overlies bedrock. The bedrock consists of micaceous, graphitic, and chloritic schists (Roehm, 1939).? Gold was discovered on Fager Gulch and on Camp Creek in 1911 (Roehm, 1939). Recent mining at Camp Creek ceased in 1982 (Brewer and Millholland, unpublished Anaconda Minerals Company report, 1983).
Comment (Production): Production Notes = No production figures for Camp Creek are available. Small-scale mining took place from 1911 to 1939, probably for a short while after World War II (Roehm, 1939; Cobb, 1973 [B 1374]), and for some years before 1983.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Gold was discovered on Fager Gulch (a tributary of Camp Creek) and on Camp Creek in 1911 (Roehm, 1939). Small-scale mining occurred from at least 1911 to 1939, and during 1946; Cobb (1973 [B 1374]) reports some mining activity shortly after World War II (Roehm, 1946). During 1939, between 80,000 and 200,000 bedrock feet were mined using a dragline and washing plant (Roehm, 1939). Recent mining at Camp Creek ceased in 1982 (Brewer and Millholland, unpublished Anaconda Minerals Company report, 1983).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Roehm, 1939
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cass, J.T., 1959, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nulato quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-291, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Roehm, J.C., 1946, Report of mining investigations in the Nulato precinct: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Itinerary Report 56-1, 2 p.
Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Moll-Stalcup, E.J., 2000, Geologic map of the Nulato quadrangle, west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigation Map I-2677, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.
Reference (Deposit): Roehm, J.C., 1939, Summary report of mining investigations in the Otter, Innoko, and Nulato precincts to the Commissioner of Mines, Territorial Department of Mines, and itinerary of J.C. Roehm, associate mining engineer: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Itinerary Report 195-25, 14 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nulato quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-423, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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