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Camp Creek

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107540
MRDS ID A013562
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Creek
Alternate or previous names Fager Gulch, Tlatskokot, Portage Creek
Related records 10209350

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.54202, 64.36639 (WGS84)
Relative position The Camp Creek placer is located near the headwaters of Camp Creek, which is a north-flowing tributary to Bonanza Creek. The mine is immediately south of the Camp Creek landing strip marked on the U.S. Geological Survey Nulato B-4 quadrangle topographic map (1952). This is location 2 of Cobb (1972 [MF 423]), who mislabeled the location as Kluklaklatna River. Older maps refer to Camp Creek as Portage Creek. The location is accurate.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nulato B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nulato SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nulato C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.54202, 64.36639
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of Camp Creek consist of Paleozoic to Proterozoic schist and quartzite (Patton and Moll-Stalcup, 2000). Placer gold is present in the streambed for at least two claim lengths up Fager Gulch, a locally-named west tributary to Camp Creek, and in Camp Creek for two claim lengths below the junction of Fager Gulch. The width of pay in 1939 was about 200 feet; it was in coarse gravels of volcanic rocks. Black sand consisting of pyrite, magnetite, and garnet, is associated with the gold. The gold-bearing gravel is beneath 8 to 9 feet of black muck and rests on a layer of blue clay that overlies bedrock. The bedrock consists of micaceous, graphitic, and chloritic schists (Roehm, 1939).? Gold was discovered on Fager Gulch and on Camp Creek in 1911 (Roehm, 1939). Recent mining at Camp Creek ceased in 1982 (Brewer and Millholland, unpublished Anaconda Minerals Company report, 1983).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Kaiyuh

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No production figures for Camp Creek are available. Small-scale mining took place from 1911 to 1939, probably for a short while after World War II (Roehm, 1939; Cobb, 1973 [B 1374]), and for some years before 1983.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Gold was discovered on Fager Gulch (a tributary of Camp Creek) and on Camp Creek in 1911 (Roehm, 1939). Small-scale mining occurred from at least 1911 to 1939, and during 1946; Cobb (1973 [B 1374]) reports some mining activity shortly after World War II (Roehm, 1946). During 1939, between 80,000 and 200,000 bedrock feet were mined using a dragline and washing plant (Roehm, 1939). Recent mining at Camp Creek ceased in 1982 (Brewer and Millholland, unpublished Anaconda Minerals Company report, 1983).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Roehm, 1939

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

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