The Big Jim Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Big Jim Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Jim Creek
Secondary: Suklak Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
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: 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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Worked by rocker and panning as late as 1937. No further information available.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Small-scale placer mining for gold probably was sufficiently productive to cover wages.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This small placer mine produced native copper nuggets as well as gold (Reed, 1938). The amount of production is unknown, but it was probably quite small.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed, 1938
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Suklak Creek is the old name for this stream, and it was worked by 'Big Jim' Edwards. Much of the information in the primary reference is hearsay.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Chandalar and Wiseman quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-340, 205 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-457, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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): Dillon, J.T., 1982, Source of lode and placer gold deposits of the Chandalar and upper Koyukuk Districts: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 158, 25 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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