Midas Creek

The Midas Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Midas Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Noatak

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Subeconomic concentration of small particles of gold in lower course of Midas Creek. Gravel in upper course of Midas Creek is not auriferous (Degenhart and others, 1978, p. 377-379).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Stream placer

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Located within Gates of the Arctic National Park.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Degenhart and others, 1978

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = No significant production or potential (Degenhart and others 1978).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = U.S. Bureau of Mines sampling program ( Degenhart and others, 1978, p. 378, 381-382, and fig. 20) showed the following: Sample BM 668: piece of quartz in stream float contained 7.2 ppm Ag and 145 ppb Au. No bedrock source found; Sample BM 677: stream silt sample contained 510 ppb Au; Sample BM 678: stream silt sample contained 50 ppb Au.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1925, Alaska's mineral resources and production, 1923: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 773, p. 3-52.

Reference (Deposit): Degenhart, C.E., Griffis, R.J., McQuat, J.F., and Bigelow, C.G., 1978, Mineral studies of the western Brooks Range performed under contract to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Contract #JO155089: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 103-78, 529 p., 11 sheets.

Reference (Deposit): Mayfield, C.F. and Grybeck, D., 1978, Mineral occurrences and resource map of the Ambler river quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-120I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Smith. P.S., (1911) 1912, The Alatna-Noatak region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520-L, p. 315-338.

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

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