The Hot Springs Creek is a uranium and tungsten mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Hot Springs Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hot Springs Creek
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Circle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphene
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Zircon
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL REPORTED TO HAVE TESTED SEDIMENTARY URANIUM SHOWS IN TERTIARY SEDIMENTS NEAR CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS, 1980 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; USGS OFR 83-170-B, APPENDIX I, NO. 63, APPENDIX II, NO. 25
Comment (Deposit): THE HEADWATERS OF HOT SPRINGS CREEK DRAIN AN AREA UNDERLAIN BY TERTIARY GRANITE. THE GRANITE IS LIGHT GRAY BIOTITE-HORNBLENDE-TOURMALINE MONZOGRANITE TO SYENOGRANITE (WILTSE AND OTHERS, 1995). URANIUM- AND/OR THORIUM-BEARING ALLANITE, SPHENE AND ZIRCON, AND SCHEELITE WERE FOUND IN PLACER CONCENTRATE SAMPLES (COBB, 1976, [OFR 76-633]). HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL REPORTEDLY TESTED SEDIMENTARY URANIUM IN TERTIARY SEDIMENTS NEAR CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS IN 1980. THIS SITE IS A U/TH-W-REE GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY.
Comment (Location): THE LOCATION IS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF PLACER CLAIMS ACTIVE IN 1976 TO 1979. HOT SPRINGS CREEK ORIGINATES SOUTHWEST OF CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS AND FLOWS JUST NORTH OF TOWN WHERE IT EMPTIES INTO A MARSH.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E. H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Misc. Field Studies Map 391, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000
Reference (Deposit): Wedow, Helmuth, Jr. and Killeen, P. L., 1954, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in eastern interior Alaska, 1946: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 331, 36 p.
Reference (Deposit): Western Miner, V. 54, No. 2, p. 77
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-83-170B-63
Reference (Deposit): Bates, R. G. and Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., 1953, Preliminary summary review of thorium-bearing mineral occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 202, 13 p.
Reference (Deposit): Menzie, W. D., Foster, H. L., Tripp, R.B., and Yeend, W. E., 1983, Mineral resource assessment of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-B, 61 p., 1 sheet, 1:250,000
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E. H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E. H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
Reference (Deposit): Wedow, Helmuth, Jr. and White, M. G., 1954, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in east-central Alaska, 1949: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 335, 22 P.
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