Cache Creek Area

The Cache Creek Area is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cache Creek Area
Secondary: Includes: Cache
Secondary: Peters
Secondary: Bird
Secondary: Windy
Secondary: Thunder and Nugget Creeks

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Tin
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Platinum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Yentna District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Copper
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Zircon

Comments

Comment (Commodity): SOME URANIUM AND THORIUM FOUND AS TRACE ELEMENTS IN CONCENTRATIONS

Comment (Production): HAS BEEN PRODUCTION IN THIS AREA FROM EARLY 1900' TO 1970'S

Comment (Deposit): MOST OF AREA'S PRODUCTION FROM DREDGING ON CACHE & PETERS CREEKS

Comment (Geology): EXCEPT IN PARTS OF DUTCH & PETERS HILLS, QUATERNARY GLACIALAND ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS BLANKET BEDROCK IN MOST OF AREA; AT THUNDER CREEK PLACERS ARE IN TERTIARY QUARTZ CONGLOMERATE DERIVED FROM HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCKS IN FAULT ZONE NEARBY (SIMILAR TO THAT AT DOLLAR CREEK); MESOZOIC ROCKS OFTEN CUT BY SMALL GRANITE BODIES, DIABASE AND OTHER TYPES OF DIKES ; MAJOR.UNITS: MESOZOIC GRAYWACKE AND FINER CLASTIC ROCKS; TERTIARY CONTINENTAL ROCKS OCCUR IN THE DUTCH HILLS; SMALL PLUTONS INTRUDE THE MESOZOIC SEQUENCE ; REG.COM: LODE DEPOSITS IN DUTCH & PETERS HILLS-FAIR AMOUNT OF CERTANTY AS AREA IS VERY NEARLY SURROUNDED BY THESE HILLS

Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 50 SQ MI.; INCLUDES STREAMS DRAINING PETERS HILLS AND DUTCH HILLS AND TRIBUTARIES TO CACHE CREEK 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?

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF-870-D

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1374, P. 21-22

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P.68

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