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Cameron-Johnson Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100958
MRDS ID A011444
Record type Site
Current site name Cameron-Johnson Mine
Alternate or previous names Valdez Gold Mining Co
Related records 10112817

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.63257, 61.21015 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • 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).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group;Valdez Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.63257, 61.21015
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK: N85E WITH 80 N DIP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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

Comments on 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: RAMBLER, MINNIE, OLSON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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