The Helpmejack Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Helpmejack Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Helpmejack Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk
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: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mendenhall, 1902
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some prospecting and possibly some minor placer gold production somewhere along Helpmejack Creek around 1900.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Possible minor placer gold production around 1900.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Helpmejack Creek was prospected for placer gold around 1900, but little or no work apparently has been done since then (Mendenhall, 1902). Some gold may have been recovered during the early work, but in view of the exhaustive gold prospecting in central Alaska since then, it is unlikely that any significant placer gold remains to be found at this site.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Placer gold
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Mendenhall, W.C., 1902, Reconnaissance from Fort Hamlin to Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, by way of Dall, Kanuti, Allen, and Kowak Rivers: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 10, 68 p.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1978, Mineral appraisal of the proposed Gates of the Arctic Wilderness National Park, Alaska, A preliminary comment: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 109-78, 29 p., 4 sheets.
Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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