The Sam Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Sam Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sam Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Bethel
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Hoare and Coonrad (1961) show this site to be a placer prospect. A small sluice box and a small area of surface diggings were abandoned before 1950 (Hoare and Cobb, 1977). No additional information is available for this deposit. Bedrock in the Sam Creek drainage includes sedimentary rocks of the Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group, intruded by a small, Upper Cretaceous (68.7 +/- 3 Ma) stock (Hoare and Coonrad, 1978).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hoare and Cobb, 1977
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A small sluice box and small surface diggings at this site were abandoned before 1950 (Hoare and Coonrad, 1977).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1961, Geologic map of the Goodnews quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-339, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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