| Deposit ID | 10094092 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A016010 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Camp Creek Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -167.15201, 65.46899 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 1/2 MILE SSE OF LOST RIVER MINE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Teller B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)
Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bertrandite | Ore |
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Chrysoberyl | Ore |
| Euclase | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Phenacite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Todorokite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Stannite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Result | 8 BULK SAMPLES OF FLOAT (WITHIN A FEW FT OF BEDROCK SOURCE): 0.31-1.50% BEO, AVG.: 0.73% BEO |
|---|---|
| Result | 54.6-62.4% FLUORITE, AVG. 57.4% |
| Result | USGS CIRC. 479, TABLE 4, P. 7. |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Port Clarence Limestone;; |
| Rock description | Port Clarence Limestone;; |
| (1) | -167.15201, 65.46899 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Rapid River Thrust, Camp Creek Thrust |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | APPROX. EW |
| Dip | APPROX. 10 DEGREES S |
| Thickness | 60.96M |
| Length | 1524M |
| Width | 182.88M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1962 |
| Discoverer | Sainsbury, C.L. (Usgs) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A016010 |
USGS PROF. PAPER 933, P. 32.
USGS CIRCULAR 479, P. 4-7.
USBM OFR 7-65, P. 5, 10, 13, 16, 35-62, 72-76, 79-92.
USGS 250, P. 2-34.
USGS BULLETIN 1287, P. 81-83.
USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 6, LOC. 36.
BAG-MF-426-08
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONSIDERED PART OF LOST RIVER DEPOSIT IN MANY REFERENCES; SEE ALSO: LOST RIVER MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | ROUGHTLY TABULAR ZONE OF REPLACEMENT VEINS AND VEINLETS IN FRACTURED LIMESTONE UNDERNEATH RAPID RIVER THRUST FAULT; ORE CONSISTS OF FINE GRAINED FLUORITE (45-65%) AND CHRYSOBERYL (3-10%), WITH BE-DIASPORE (5-15%) INTERGROWN WITH TOURMALINE (0-10%) AND WHITE MICA (0-5%); MINOR AMOUNTS OF TODOROKITE, HEMATITE, EUCLASE AND MN-OXIDES; TRACE PHENACITE, BERTRANDITE, BITYITE, AND CASSITERITE; BEST GRADE ORE LOCALIZED IN EXTREMELY BRECCIATED LIMESTONE AT INTERSECTION OF ORE ZONE WITH LOWER CAMP CREEK THRUST FAULT; ORE ZONE HAS PROVED STRIKE LENGTH OF 1200 M AND EXTENDS FOR SEVERAL 100 FT DOWN (SOUTHERLY) DIP; DD-CORES FROM CENTRAL PART OF DEPOSIT INTERSECTED PYRITE-STANNITE ASSEMBLAGE BOUNDED BY BE-F MINERALIZATION |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 20-SEP-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES. |
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