Palmer Creek

The Palmer Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Palmer Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINLETS THAT CUT THE QUARTZITIC AND PHYLLITIC COUNTRY ROCK HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED THE SOURCE OF GOLD BY SOME WORKERS (MENZIE AND OTHERS, 1983, P. 50). DURING MINING OPERATIONS IN 1941 MOST OF THE CONCENTRATES CONSISTED OF SCHEELITE (JOESTING, 1942, P. 41). NO GRANITIC ROCKS ARE KNOWN IN THE DRAINAGE AREA AND THERE ARE NO IGNEOUS ROCKS IN THE STREAM GRAVELS, SO THE SCHEELITE PROBABLY OCCURS IN SOME OF THE NUMEROUS QUARTZ STRINGERS IN THE SCHIST COUNTRY ROCK (JOESTING, 1942, P. 41).

Comment (Production): MINING HAS BEEN REPORTED (SEE WORKINGS/EXPLORATION); HOWEVER, AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Location): THE COORDINATES ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE LOWERMOST OF TWO PLACERED AREAS ON THE CREEK. BOTH AREAS ARE ABOUT 1,500 TO 2,000 FT LONG. PALMER CREEK IS A TRIBUTARY TO THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE CHENA RIVER.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO VAN CURLERS BAR, ARDF NO. CI087 AND SHAMROCK CREEK, ARDF NO. CI052; USGS OFR 83-170-B, APPENDIX I, NO. 88

Comment (Workings): SURFACE MINING IN 1937 TO 1941 OR LATER (LAMPRIGHT, 1996, P. 73).

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Commodity): NO RECORD OF SCHEELITE RECOVERY

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1941, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1939: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 926-A, p. 1-106.

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 (Other Database): BAG-OFR-83-170B-88

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): 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): Joesting, H.R., 1942, Strategic mineral occurences in interior Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 1, 46 p.

Reference (Deposit): Lampright, R. L., 1996, Gold placer deposits near Fairbanks Alaska: Iron Fire Publications, Nederland, Colorado, 135 p.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P. S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1938: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 917-A, p. 1-106.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P. S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1937: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 910-A, p. 1-106.

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