The Macklin Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Macklin Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Macklin 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 = Sainsbury and others (1969) show 8,500 feet of continuous placer workings along the main channel of Macklin Creek starting 4,500 feet upstream from its mouth.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1975 (OFR 75-429)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer gold deposits were first reported to be worked on Macklin Creek in 1901 (Collier, 1902). This first mining included paystreaks with pans worth $0.75 (0.04 ounces at $18 per ounce). Sainsbury and others (1969) show 8,500 feet of continuous placer workings along the main channel of Macklin Creek starting 4,500 feet upstream of its mouth. Macklin Creek has been exrtensively worked over this distance and has apparently been an important producer in the upper Kougarok River area. Bedrock in the area is part of a Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Till and others, 1986).
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
References
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Kachadoorian, Reuban, Hudson, Travis, Smith, T.E., Richards, T.R., and Todd, W.E., 1969, Reconnaissance geologic maps and sample data, Teller A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1, and Bendeleben A-6, B-6, C-6, D-5, and D-6 quadrangles. Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 377, 49 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
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 mineral resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-417, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.
Reference (Deposit): Collier, A.J., 1902, A reconnaissance of the northwestern portion of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 2, 70 p.
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