Charlie Creek Prospect

The Charlie Creek Prospect is a bismuth mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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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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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