The Foster (in headwaters of Otter Creek) is a tin mine located in Alaska.
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Foster (in headwaters of Otter Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster (in headwaters of Otter Creek)
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyuk
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: Alluvial placer Sn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Herreid, 1965
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Probably no production.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Tin-bearing alluvial gravels have been prospected here (Herreid, 1965). Several dozer cuts in the gravels have been made but little bedrock was exposed and none was mineralized. Bedrock in the area is Lower Paleozoic metamorphic rocks (Till and others, 1986).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Sn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39e)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Several dozer cuts in the alluvial gravels of the creek channel are present.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
References
Reference (Deposit): Herried, G.H., 1965, Geology of the Omilak-Otter Creek area, Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geological Report 11, 12 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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): 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.
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