The Crooked Creek Area is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Crooked Creek Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crooked Creek Area
Secondary: Includes: Crooked & Donlin Creeks
Secondary: Snow Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Aniak District
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: Placer
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Development): WORK ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY FROM 1910 TO 1956
Comment (Geology): GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM CONTACT ZONES AROUND INTRUSIVE BODIES (IN BRECCIA ZONES) ; MAJOR.UNITS: INTERBEDDED GRAYWACKE & SHALE INTRUDED BY ALBITE RHYOLITE DOMES TRENDING NW BETWEEN GULCHES ; REG.COM: GOLD LODES ABOUT 1 MILE SE-NE OF GIVEN LOCATION, MOST LIKELY SOURCE
Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 25 SQ MI.; INCLUDES MINOR TRUBUTARIES OF DONLIN & CROOKED CREEKS; AREA OF INTEREST GENERALLY NE SE OF GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY IN EXCESS OF 125000 DOLLARS GOLD (1956 PRICE)
Comment (Deposit): HIGHEST PRODUCTION FROM SNOW GULCH BENCH PLACERS
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULICKING MOST PRODUCTIVE RECOVERY METHOD IN THIS AREA.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B1374, P.43
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR, P.
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