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Campion Ditch

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307945
Record type Site
Current site name Campion Ditch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.27471, 64.85449 (WGS84)
Relative position Campion Ditch starts on Hudson Creek and crosses Divide Creek (NM057) about 2.2 miles to the south of its origin. This location is not well constrained and could be one or more localities along the ditch between Hudson and Divide Creeks.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.27471, 64.85449
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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.
  • Age = Probably mid-Cretaceous.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Moffit, 1913

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Possibly low sulfide, Au-quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-99 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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