Peters Creek

The Peters Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Peters Creek
Secondary: Jessie B.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Jade
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Chromium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Anchorage

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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Jade
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Explored by several short adits. Assays as high as 1.84 oz/ton Au, reported as $38/ton, with gold valued at $20.67/oz (Capps, 1916). Some ore may have been mined, but not shipped, in 1917 (Capps, 1919). Martin (1920) reported discovery of chromite, in 1918, in Peters Creek. Rose (1966) reported a local prospector reported finding jade in Peters Creek.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Capps, 1916

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a ? ) or Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz vein 36a.1 ? (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1 ?)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Capps (1916) reports quartz veins present in Mesozoic age greenstone and greenstone tuff with minor amounts of interbedded shale of the McHugh Complex. The thin, auriferous quartz veins also carry pyrite, galena, and chalcopyrite. One 2 inch thick vein that strikes N 60 W and dips 75 SW is intersected by an 8 inch thick vein that strikes N 77 W and dips 60 N. Assays as high as 1.84 oz/ton Au.

Comment (Geology): Age = Mesozoic or younger

References

Reference (Deposit): Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., 1919, Gold lode mining in the Willow Creek district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692-D, p. 177-186.

Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., 1916, Gold mining in the Willow Creek district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 642-E, p. 147-200.

Reference (Deposit): Clark, S.H.B., and Bartsch, S.R., 1971, Reconnaissance geologic map and geochemical analyses of stream sediment and rock samples of the Anchorage B-6 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 475, 63 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:36,360.

Reference (Deposit): Rose, A.W., 1966, Geology and chromite-bearing ultramafic rocks near Eklutna, Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 18, 25 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:42,000.

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): Clark, S.H.B., 1972, The Wolverine complex, a newly discovered layered ultramafic body in the western Chugach Mountains, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 522, 10 p.

Reference (Deposit): Clark, S.H.B., and Yount, M.E., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map and geochemical analyses of stream-sediment and rock samples of the Anchorage A-6 Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 351, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

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