Mine detail: Camp Creek (tributary to Lost River)

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Location

Lat / long:

65.47027, -167.1494

Resource(B)

Primary:	Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Chrysoberyl, Fluorite
Gangue:	Diaspore, Muscovite, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:

Fluorite and beryllium-bearing mineralization is thought to be a type of distal alteration to tin metallizing sytems in this area. Mass balance calculations show significant SiO2, Al2O3, alkali, and fluorine enrichment with mineralization (Sainsbury, 1968, p. 1567). The limestone is commonly dolomitized but the relation of this alteration to sulfide and fluorite mineralization is not clear.

References

DEP	10308411
Reference	{Deposit:: Sainsbury, C.L., 1963, Beryllium deposits of the western Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 479, 18 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Geologic map of the Teller quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-685, 4 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: WGM Ltd., 1972, Preliminary feasibility report on the Lost River fluorite-tin-tungsten: Toronto, Canada, Lost River Mining Company, Limited, unpublished report, 291 p.}{Deposit:: Hudson, T.L., and Arth, J. G., 1983, Tin-granites of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, p. 768-790.}
Reporter	Travis L. Hudson