Camp Creek Mine

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042394
MRDS ID M060162
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Creek Mine
Related records 10228749

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.04035, 47.45593 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 20 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CLE ELUM; ABOUT 1.75 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF DAVIS PEAK, Estimated At Common Section Boundary Just North Of Camp Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 014E 25,26 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SHIPMENT CONTAINED 0.22 OZ/TON AU, 31.14 OZ/TON AG, 0.38% CU, 4.1% ZN, 1.06% SB, 4.8% AS. GRAB SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.27 OZ/TON AU, 3.1 OZ/TON AG, 0.23% PB, 0.28% ZN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Hawkins Formation
    Rock description Hawkins Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.04035, 47.45593

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N35W
    Dip 60SW
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS NO HAWKINS FORMATION IN AREA OF PROPERTY AND CURRENT NAME FOR THESE ROCKS IS UNKNOWN. NEAREST TERTIARY FORMATION SHOWN IS SWAUK FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1929

Mining district

District name Camp Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cle Elum River Mining Co.
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 4 ADITS THROUGH A VERTICAL DIFFERENCE OF 800 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 298.

  • Deposit

    FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., ORT, K.M., AND WAITT, R.B., JR., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-73 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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