Lillian Creek

The Lillian Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Lillian Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some placer tailings and small surface workings are probably present. The deposit was mined in 1900 and possibly in subsequent years.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Pay was spotty and production small (Moffit, 1913).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Coarse, rough, and iron-stained (limonitic?) gold was recovered from gravel near schist bedrock on Lillian Creek. The gravel was 3 to 10 feet thick and was covered by 5 feet of overburden (Brooks and others, 1901; Collier and others, 1908). The pay was apparently spotty and the production small (Moffit, 1913). Bedrock in the drainage is marble and schist (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]); boulders encountered in mining included schist, quartz, greenstone, and granite (Collier and others, 1908). Hummel (1962 [MF 247, locality 21]) mapped a prospect in the headwaters of Lillian Creek. (NM292) containing pyrite, arsenopyrite, and possibly pyrrhotite.

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

References

Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1913, Geology of the Nome and Grand Central quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 533, 140 p.

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): Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome C-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-247, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 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.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

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