First Creek

The First Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: First Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Yentna

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Pleistocene.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Total production from First Creek is probably small; see also Dutch Creek (TL033).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Clark and Hawley, 1968

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Total production from First Creek is probably small (Clark and Hawley, 1968); see also Dutch Creek (TL033).

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The placer deposit occurs within First Creek above its confluence with Dutch Creek. There is no published geologic description of the First Creek prospect. Reed and Nelson (1980) show the area underlain by Mesozoic sedimentary rocks (KJs). C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc. (1978) suggest that Dutch Creek may be controlled by a northeast trending, high angle normal fault (Dutch Creek Lineament, Hawley and Clark, 1973) that is parallel to the structure controlling the Cache Creek drainage a mile and one half to the southeast. Clark and Hawley (1968) report gold fineness from Dutch and First Creeks, ranges from 875.75 to 877.75, averaging 876, and note that the total production from First Creek is probably small.? Also see Dutch Creek (TL033).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The drainage has been prospected and mined by various small scale surface methods.

References

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., and Nelson, S.W., 1980, Geologic map of the Talkeetna quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1174, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., Nelson, S.W., Curtin, G.C., and Singer, D.A., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

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., and Reed, B.L., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of reference to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-884, 106 p.

Reference (Deposit): C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc., 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 275 p., 7 plates.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1938, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1936: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-A, p. 1-107.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1938: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 917-A, p. 1-113.

Reference (Deposit): Clark, A.L., and Hawley, C.C., 1968, Reconnaissance geology, mineral occurrences, and geochemical anomalies of the Yentna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 68-35, 64 p.

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