Slate Creek

The Slate Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Slate Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Goodnews Bay

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hoare and Cobb, 1977

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Exploration, including drilling, has taken place on Slate Creek near Wattamuse Creek.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The principal placer gold producer in the area, Wattamuse Creek (GO021) flows into Slate Creek, a north tributary to Goodnews River. Parts of Slate Creek near Wattamuse Creek have been extensively drilled and explored and apparently placer mined (Hoare and Cobb, 1977). Some of the placer ground near Wattamuse and Slate Creeks includes bench deposits (Smith, 1934, p. 46-47). Between Wattamuse and Fox Creeks, the Slate Creek drainage has about 7 to 8 feet of gravel and has been prospected with encouraging results (Reed, 1931), although mining has apparently not taken place. Fechner (1988) noted that some small-scale mining has taken place on Slate Creek above Fox Creek (GO042). He collected 7 sediment samples along about 6 miles of the drainage above the mouth of Wattamuse Creek. The gold content of these samples ranged from undetectible to 0.0014 ounce per cubic yard. Bedrock in the area includes Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks locally intruded by Upper Cretaceous to Lower Tertiary granitic rocks and Jurassic mafic/ultramafic plutonic rocks (Hoare and Coonrad, 1978).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

References

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.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Condon, W.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Goodnews quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-447, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Fechner, S.A., 1988, Bureau of Mines mineral investigation of the Goodnews Bay mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-88, 230 p.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1934, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1933: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-A, p. 1-94.

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