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Camp Creek Mine

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Platinum
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  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047836
MRDS ID M700162
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Mccoy Creek, Lucky Break, Primary Gold
Related records 10180141

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.79007, 46.36064 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.75 MI SOUTHWEST OF SUMMIT OF JUNIPER PEAK; ABOUT 3 MI NORTHEAST OF MCCOY PEAK, Accurate Within Claim Area, Probably Close To Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010N 008E 10 N2 OF S2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON CAMP CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO MCCOY CREEK. UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD PRESENT IN FLAKES TO 0.5 IN. ACROSS AND IN MASSES TO 2 IN. DIAMETER AND 0.5 IN. THICK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result AU:CU=0.005 OZ/TON AU:1% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Ohanapecosh Formation;Ohanapecosh Formation;Ohanapecosh Formation;Ohanapecosh Formation
    Rock description Ohanapecosh Formation;Ohanapecosh Formation;Ohanapecosh Formation;Ohanapecosh Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mccoy Creek Stock
    Rock description Mccoy Creek Stock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.79007, 46.36064
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Emplacement Of Stock Controlled By Mccoy Creek Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT HAS A LOW K20 TO NA2O RATIO. TOURMALINE IS ABSENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Camp Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Randy Williams
    First year 1985
  • Type Owner
    Owner Camp Creek Metals Co.
    First year 1956

Comments on the production information

  • HUNTTING REPORTED A PRODUCTION OF $75,000 PRIOR TO 1934, BUT DOUBTFUL

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 SHORT ADITS, NONE OVER 100 FT LONG MOST OF ADITS ARE CAVED AT PORTALS.

Comments on development

  • MOSTLY MINED BETWEEN 1934 AND 1940. SINCE 1940, SEVERAL OPERATORS ATTEMPTED TO MINE GOLD BUT WERE APPARENTLY UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF SPOTTY NATURE OF ORE AND NARROWNESS OF VEINS. PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN 1977.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60. P. 17, 30-31.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 154, 155.

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    LINK, J.E., 1985, GOLD AND COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE MCCOY CREEK DISTRICT, SKAMANIA COUNTY, WASHINGTON: PULLMAN, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 176 P.

  • Production

    MOEN, 1977, P. 30

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO NORTH-TRENDING, STEEPLY DIPPING FRACTURES FILLED WITH QUARTZ AND IRON OXIDES. ORE IS LOCALIZED AT INTERSECTION OF EAST-TRENDING FRACTURES PARALLEL TO CAMP CREEK, AND NORTH-TRENDING QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS PARALLEL TO MCCOY CREEK. SOME GOLD WAS MINED FROM PYRITIC QUARTZ VEINS. NARROW IRON-OXIDE SEAMS ADJACENT TO QUARTZ VEINS YIELDED FLAKES OF GOLD TO 0.5 IN. ACROSS AND MASSES TO 2 IN. IN DIAMETER AND 0.5 IN. THICK.
Deposit SKETCH MAP OF CAMP CREEK MINE AND AREA IN MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700188

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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