The Ptarmigan Creek (tributary of Chatanika River) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Ptarmigan Creek (tributary of Chatanika River) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ptarmigan Creek (tributary of Chatanika River)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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: Prospect
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
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Known surface activity in 1981(Menzie and others, 1983, p. 51).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Menzie and others, 1983; Yeend, 1985.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the Ptarmigan Creek discussed for this record is a tributary of the Chatanika River. Another Ptarmigan Creek is located further up the Steese Highway and is a tributary of Birch Creek (see Ptarmigan Creek, tributary of Birch Creek, ARDF no. CI048).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = There is little gravel, but good colors can be panned from the lower part of the creek (Menzie and others, 1983, p. 51). A trace-element study showed 28 percent Ag in a sample of placer gold from Ptarmigan Creek (Yeend, 1985, p. 6).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
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): Yeend, W.E., 1985, Trace elements of placer gold: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 945, p. 4-7.
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