The Homestake Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Homestake Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
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: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Gold reportedly was discovered in an approximately 8-foot-thick gravel deposit at a schist-granite porphyry contact (Prindle, 1910, p. 209; Ellsworth and Parker, 1911, p. 157). Worked by small-scale hydraulic and hand methods in the early 1900's. No mining is reported in the literature after 1912 (Menzie and others, 1983). Prospecting conducted by Dick MacIntosh in 1987 to 1988 but no mining was reported (C.J. Freeman, oral commun., 1998).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also Charity Creek, ARDF no. CI011, Faith Creek, ARDF no. CI018 and Hope Creek, ARDF no. CI026.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Menzie and others, 1983.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Worked by small-scale hydraulic and hand methods in the early 1900's. No mining is reported in the literature after 1912 (Menzie and others, 1983). Prospecting conducted by Dick MacIntosh in 1987 to 1988 but no mining was reported (C.J. Freeman, oral commun., 1998).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1907, The Alaskan mining industry in 1906: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314, p. 19-39.
Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., 1910, Sketch of the geology of the northeastern part of the Fairbanks quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442-F, p. 203-209.
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.
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): Eakins, G.R., Jones, B.K. and Forbes, R.B., 1977, Investigation of Alaska's uranium potential: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 109, 213 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:40,000.
Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., and Katz, F.J., 1913, Detailed description of the Fairbanks district, in Prindle, L. M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 59-152.
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): Ellsworth, C.E., and Davenport, R.W., 1913, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542, 303 p.
Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., 1908, The Fairbanks and Rampart quadrangles, Yukon-Tanana region, Alaska, with a section on the Rampart placers, by F.L. Hess, and a paper on the water supply of the Fairbanks region, by C.C. Covert: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 337, 102 p.
Reference (Deposit): Ellsworth, C.E., 1912, Placer mining in the Fairbanks and Circle Disctricts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520, p. 240-245.
Reference (Deposit): Ellsworth, C.E., and Parker, G.L., 1911, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480, 325 p.
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