Homestake Creek

The Homestake Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Homestake Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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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