The Charlie Creek Prospect is a bismuth mine located in Alaska.
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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
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Charlie Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Charlie Creek Prospect
Secondary: Charley Cr.
Commodity
Primary: Bismuth
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bismuthinite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1906-07
Comment (Location): USGS MF-248, LOC. 4. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): CLAIMS IN GENERAL VICINITY ACTIVE: 1916, 1953, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1977
Comment (Deposit): TWO QUARTZ VEINS, 10 IN AND 5 IN THICK, SEPARATED BY ABOUT 1 FT OF SCHIST; LESS THAN 2 % OF VEINS CONSIST OF INTERGROWN BISMUTH AND BISMUTHINITE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN-CUTS ON BOTH SIDES OF CREEK; ABOUT 50 FT. LONG BY 10 FT. DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 314, P. 138.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 185, 223-224.
Reference (Deposit): TDM PAM 5-R, P. 17.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRCULAR 196, P. 4.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 400-B, P. B32.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-248, LOC. 4.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1246, P. 125.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 820, P. 98.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 33, LOC. 437.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-11
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