Poorman Creek

The Poorman Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Poorman Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nelchina

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

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): Production Notes = A little production, numbers unavailable.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Chapin, 1918

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Chapin (1918) reports prospecting and a little placer mining in 1914. Gold tends to be flaky, with some small nuggets.

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer gold in Poorman Creek drainage. Bedrock in lower part of Poorman Creek (in Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle) is conglomerate, shale, and sandstone; upper part of stream is andesite lava and tuff of the Early Jurassic and Late Triassic(?) Talkeetna Formation. The placer ground is about 6 ft deep (Chapin, 1918).

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary

References

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): Chapin, Theodore, 1918, The Nelchina-Susitna region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 668, 67 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): 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 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): Chapin, Theodore, 1915, Auriferous gravels of the Nelchina-Susitna region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622, p. 118-130.

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