Pine Creek

The Pine Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Pine Creek
Secondary: Pyne Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Eberlein and others, 1977

Comment (Production): Production Notes = About $3,000 of gold was produced, which was too small to continue mining and operations shut down (C.F. Shield, unpublished data data, 1979). Ellsworth and Davenport (1913) reported gold mined from nearby Beaver Creek in amounts measured in dollars per foot. The total gold production from Pine Creek is unknown.

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

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Ellsworth and Davenport (1913) report that gold was first mined on nearby Beaver Creek in significant amounts in the winter of 1911-12. Scarce cassiterite was reported in the placer concentrates of Pine Creek by Joesting (1942). Cobb (1977) and Eberlein and others (1977) reported that the presence of gold was assumed. The Pine Creek property was hydraulically placer mined in the late 1930's. There are lode claims in the Pine Creek drainage (Menzie and Foster, 1979). The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Pine Creek as recent as 1986.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Weber and others (1978) report the bedrock is primarily greenschist facies rocks with some marble, quartzite, and phyllite. Locally, there is an extensive cover of windblown silt and sand that ranges from 0.1 to 50 meters in thickness. In addition, much of the ground in the swampy lowlands of the Chena River and its tributaries is permanently frozen (Foster and others, 1979). Glover (1920?) reported a gold fineness of 748 for Pine Creek. ? Ellsworth and Davenport (1913) report that gold was first mined on nearby Beaver Creek in significant amounts in the winter of 1911-12. Scarce cassiterite was reported in the placer concentrates of Pine Creek by Joesting (1942). Cobb (1977) and Eberlein and others (1977) reported that the presence of gold was assumed. About $3,000 of gold was hydraulically mined from Pine Creek in the late 1930's; which was too small to continue mining and operations shut down (C.F. Shield, unpublished data data, 1979). Ellsworth and Davenport (1913) reported gold mined from nearby Beaver Creek in amounts measured in dollars per foot. The total gold production from Pine Creek is unknown. There are lode claims in the Pine Creek drainage (Menzie and Foster, 1979). The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Pine Creek as recent as 1986.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

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

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Eberlein, G.D., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Big Delta and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1086, 77 p.

Reference (Deposit): Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-388, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1977, Placer deposit map of central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168B, 64 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Menzie, W.D., and Foster, H.L., 1979, Metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resource potential in the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529D, 61 p., 1 sheet, scale 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.

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