The Campion Ditch is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Campion Ditch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Campion Ditch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Probably mid-Cretaceous.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit, 1913
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some exploration accompanied construction of Campion Ditch from 1903 to 1905. In the 1990,s, exploration took place on the ridge crest upslope to the west of the Campion Ditch.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Possibly low sulfide, Au-quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Moffit (1913) reported that quartz fragments with attached gold were found during construction of the Campion Ditch. One quartz fragment with attached gold weighed 0.75 pound and appears to have been recovered near the point where the ditch crosses Divide Creek (NM057). However, there is the possiblity that gold-bearing quartz fragments were found elsewhere along the Campion Ditch north of Divide Creek. This part of the ditch borders the east side of a large auriferous area in which the Divide and Divide Hill lode gold prospects (NM058 and NM118) are located.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1913, Geology of the Nome and Grand Central quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 533, 140 p.
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