Idaho Creek

The Idaho Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Idaho Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kougarok

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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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: Gold

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1969

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = An 18-foot deep test pit was dug in 1899 to test the stream gravels. About 1,500 feet of the drainage has been placer mined from open cuts.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Gold colors are reported from an 18-foot deep test pit in stream gravels. The test pit, dug in 1899, did not reach bedrock and its digging was hampered by the presence of large rock fragments (Brooks and others, 1901). Sainsbury and others (1969) show 1,500 feet of the drainage to have been placer mined. This mine is near a regional fault contact between high grade metamorphic rocks and lower grade Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Till and others, 1986). Significant gold placers are spatially associated with the lower metamorphic grade, metasedimentary assemblage elsewhere on Seward Peninsula.

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

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

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): Brooks, A.H., Richardson, G. B., and Collier, A. J., 1901, Reconnaissance in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, p. 1-180.

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