The Slope Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Slope Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Slope Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Bismuth
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chistochina; Porcupine Creek
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: surface
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit, 1944, USGS B 943-B
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Some confusion exists in the literature in distinguishing between Slope Cr. and Boulder Cr. It is likely that most data probably refers to both. The mine symbol for Boulder Cr. on fig. 5 of ADGGS GR 21 is in the Gulkana quad.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = No data on size or grade of deposit, but it was probably very small; placer deposits probably associated with mafic diorite-quartz diorite complex
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = unknown Bi mineral)
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = In concentrates: magnetite
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = unknown Bi mineral
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1938, Geology of the Slana-Tok district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 904 54 p.
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., 1966, Geology of the Slana district on south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geological Report 2l, 36b p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1954, Geology of the eastern part of the Alaska Range and adjacent area: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 989-D, p. 63-218.
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., 1968, Distribution of gold and some base metals in the Slana area, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 593, 20 p.
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1938, Geology of the Slana-Tok district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 904, 54 p.
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1944, Mining in the northern Copper River region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 943, p. 25-47.
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of the Ahtell Creek area, Slana District, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 6, 17 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:31,680.
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., Singer, D.A., and Cox, D.P., 1975, Mineral resources map of the Nabesna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-655-K, scale 1:250,000.
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