Windy Creek Placer

The Windy Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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