The Windy Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Windy Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Windy Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Yentna/Cuche Creek
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: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Zircon
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS WINDY CREEK CHANNEL DEPOSIT, AS SHOWN ON FIG. 4.2-B(3) IN USBM OFR 24-78 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Commodity): SCARCE SN, W AND NATIVE CU IN CONCENTRATES
Comment (Development): 1917 REPORT THAT 300,000 TO 400,000 CY OF MATERIAL WAS HYDRAVLICKED; LAST USGS REPORT OF MINING WAS IN 1940; APPARENTLY THERE HAS BEEN POST 1970 PROSPECTING
Comment (Deposit): BENCH DEPOSITE CONSISTS OF 40-60 FT OF GRAVEL WITH THE LOWER 6 FT IRON-STAINED AND CEMENTED,OVERLAIN BY 100 FT OF GLACIAL MUD WITH LARGE ANGULAR BOULDERS; AU IN LOWER IRON-STAINED 6 FT
Comment (Geology): GRAVEL AVERAGES 5 IN IN DIAMETER WITH SOME BOULDERS FROM 1TO 3 FT IN DIAMETER; GLACIAL MUD LAYER IS OVERLAIN BY 20 FT OF GRAVEL CONTAINING ABUNDANT PYRITE ; MAJOR.UNITS: TERTIARY COAL-BEARING CLAY AND SANDSTONES (KENAI FM?)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE A PRE-GLACIAL CONCENTRATION OF ORE; SIMILAR TO NUGGET CREEK; SEE ALSO: CACHE CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 933-A,P.35
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 311, P. 32-33
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A,P.68, LOC. 17
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-870-D, LOC.73
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-870D-73
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 692,P. 254
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