The Albion Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Albion Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Albion Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Council
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
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary; two or more cycles of placer development have occured in the area.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer gold mining, including dredging, has taken place along at least the lower 2,000 feet of Albion Creek as well as on the slope along the north bank up to 100 feet in elevation above the creek. The placer deposit above the creek was called a hillside placer (Smith, 1908) but it is not known if this was residual in character. Gravels in the creek are reported to be locally derived and auriferous throughout its length (Collier and others, 1908; Smith and Eakin, 1911). A section near its mouth included 3 feet of locally derived gravel covered by 3 feet of overburden. Bedrock in the area is metasedimentary schist and marble of a lower Paleozoic assemblage (Till and others, 1986). Two occurrences of gold in bedrock (BN104 and BN125) are known near the headwaters of Albion Creek.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface open-cut placer mining, including hydraulic and dredging operations, have taken place along at least the lower 2,000 feet of Albion Creek as well as on the slope along the north bank up to 100 feet in elevation above the creek.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1975 (OFR 75-429)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
References
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. and Eakin, H.M., 1911, Mineral resources of Alaska 1910: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480, 333 p..
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): 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.
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