Yankee Creek

The Yankee Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Yankee Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin

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: 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: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Mining has been reported (see Workings/exploration); however, amount of production is unknown.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Menzie and others, 1983.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Gold and cassiterite occur in placers near the mouth of the creek.?The source of the gold and cassiterite is believed by miners to be the mineralized zone on Porcupine Dome (Burand, 1968, p. 29). Yankee Creek was mined intermittently through 1981 (Menzie and others, 1983, p. 53).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Yankee Creek was mined intermittently through 1981 (Menzie and others, 1983, p. 53).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also Porcupine Creek, ARDF no. CI046.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P. S., 1934, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1932: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 857-A, p. 1-98.

Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1938, Gold placers of the Fortymile, Eagle, and Circle districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-C, p. 133-261.

Reference (Deposit): Burand, W. M., 1968, Geochemical investigations of selected areas in the Yukon-Tanana region of Alaska, 1965 and 1966: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 13, 51 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., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Misc. Field Studies Map MF-391, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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