The Granite Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Granite Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Granite 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: Occurrence
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
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also: Slate Creek (CH007). Alaska Kardex No. 031-052 (Kardex is a card file mining claim information system located at the State of Alaska DNR Public Information Center in Fairbanks).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Five claims staked in 1967 and suction-dredge work in 1969 (DeYoung, 1978).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = DeYoung, 1978
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = No geologic data specific to this occurrence are available except the mapped lithologies in the vicinity. Mapping in the area shows Devonian(?) andesitic volcanic rocks and/or dioritic intrusives and discontinuous chert adjacent to a large mass of upper Paleozoic or Mesozoic granitic rocks (Brosgi and Reiser, 1964).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
References
Reference (Deposit): DeYoung, J.H., Jr., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-878-B, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Cruz, E.L., 1983, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-278, 91 p.
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