Texas Creek

The Texas Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Texas Creek
Secondary: Beluga Mountain

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Yentna

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): MACKEVETT AND HOLLOWAY (1997, LOCALITY 8) SHOW THIS PLACER PROSPECT IN TEXAS CREEK IN T. 19 N., R. 10 W., SECTIONS 16, 17,AND 20 ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF BELUGA MOUNTAIN (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1998, MAS # 0020840018 AND COBB, 1979, MF 385, LOCALITY 8). LOCATION IS APPROXIMATED AT THE EASTERN END OF THE PLACER WHERE TEXAS CREEK LEAVES BELUGA MOUNTAIN.

Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY A SHALLOW 200 FOOT TRENCH CUT IN 1933.

Comment (Deposit): GLACIO-FLUVIAL DEPOSITS OF PROBABLY TERTIARY AGE CONTAIN FINE GOLD, PROBABLY RECONCENTRATED FROM GLACIAL DEPOSITS, ALTHOUGH SOME MAY BE FROM BEDROCK SOURCES. SMITH (1934, P. 31-32; 1936, P. 33) REPORTED THAT GOLD IS FOUND IN BLUE CLAY FALSE BEDROCK ALONG STREAM BENCHES AND THAT THE PLACER IS DIFFICULT TO MINE BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS GLACIAL BOULDERS. THE GOLD TENOR IS LOW (COBB,1973, B1374, P. 23).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Deposit): REFERRED TO AS BELUGA MOUNTAIN BY SMITH, 1934.

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Tyonek quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-385, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., 1979, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS) IN THE KENAI AND TYONEK QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-86, 37 P.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1998, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERALS INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS), TYONEK QUADRANGLE: WORLDWIDE WEB URL HTTP://IMCG.WR.USGS.GOV/DATA.HTML.
URL: http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.html

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., 1973, PLACER DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374, 213 P.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P.S., 1936, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1934: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 868-A, P. 1-91.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P.S. 1934, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1932: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 857-A, P. 1-91.

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