Cameron Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135973
MAS/MILS ID 0020600125
Record type Site
Current site name Cameron Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lucky Strike, Mosquito Fork, Mosquito Fork, Olaf Tweiden, F. Barret, Lucky Strick Group, Basin and Summit Claims, Lucky Strick Nos. 1 and 2, Lucky Strike, P. Glasgow

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -142.02489, 64.07395 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fortymile River WSR(Wild and Scenic River)

Wild and Scenic River BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 027 N 017 E 35 SWNESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -142.02489, 64.07395

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Forty Mile District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tweiden, Olaf
    Interest 50
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1900
    First year 1900
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mr Cameron
    Interest 50
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1900
    First year 1900
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank Barret
    Interest 50
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1937
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Paul Glasgow
    Interest 50
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1937
    First year 1937

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-007

  • Deposit

    B251 pp. 48-49

  • Deposit

    B284l p. 126

  • Deposit

    B345j p. 184

  • Deposit

    B792a p. 18

  • Deposit

    B797a p. 22

  • Deposit

    B897C pp. 180-181

  • Deposit

    B910A pp. 54, 76

  • Deposit

    B917A p. 53

  • Deposit

    B926A p. 48

  • Deposit

    ROEHM J.C. SUMMARY REPORT OF MINING INVESTIGATIONS IN THE

  • Deposit

    FAIRBANKS, FORTYMILE, KNIK, AND KENAI PRECINCTS. AK. TERR.

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF MINES SEPT. 1 TO 30 INCLUSIVE, 1939, PP. 7-8.

  • Deposit

    ROEHM, J.C. REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS AND ITINERARY OF J.C.

  • Deposit

    ROEHM, ASSOCIATE MINING ENGINEER, TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    MINES IN THE FORTYMILE PRECINCT, ALASKA. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF

  • Deposit

    MINES INVEST. REP. IR 60-1, 1949, PP. 7-8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPMENT WORK, COMPLETED BY MR. CAMERON, CONSISTED OF FIVE SHORT SHAFTS, TWO TUNNELS, AND NUMEROUS ROCK CUTS. FIVE VEINS A, B, C, D, & E, SRIKE N. 60 W., TO N. 70 W., DIPPING 75-80 NE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-1995 Mjn/Reb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.