Slate Creek

The Slate Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Slate Creek  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 64.90194, -164.84806

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Slate Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Slate Creek


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Alaska
District: Kougarok


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 (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer mining took place along about 0.5 mile of the active channel above the mouth of Rock Creek, prior to 1908.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Production): Production Notes = There was probably only a few thousand dollars worth of total gold production (Smith, 1909).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer mining of the main channel of Slate Creek, for about 0.5 mile upstream from the mouth of Rock Creek, took place prior to 1908 (Collier and others, 1908). Mining recovered bright, flat gold from thin, 3- to 4-foot-thick gravels but there was probably only a few thousand dollars worth of total production (Smith, 1909). Gold-bearing altered dikes (SO120) have been located upstream from this mining. Bedrock in this area is mostly part of a lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Till and others, 1986).

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.


References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-181, 185 p.

Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic resources map of the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-445, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1909, Recent developments in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379-F, p. 267-301.


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