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Camp Creek Claims

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095139
MRDS ID M014933
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Creek Claims
Related records 10201245

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.78385, 44.98457 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cockscomb(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umatilla 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 Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 007S 033E 06 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SECTION ; 10 CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS (STATE LABORATORY) WERE VERY LOW.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Landslide and debris-flow deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 60 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY LIMONITIC, TALCOSE, SHEARED SEAM; ORE IS COMPOSED OF SHATTERED ARGILLITE, CEMENTED WITH HEMATITE FORMING CRUSTS AND VEINLETS. SOME CHLORITIC MATERIAL IS PRESENT IN SMALL PATCHES AND ROUNDED BODIES IN BOTTOM OF LOWER PIT, THERE ARE SOME SMALL LENSES OF PYRITE, GALENA, AND CHALCOPYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Fork

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John F Koch

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT BY PITS AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 99

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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