Bonita Creek

The Bonita Creek is a gold and tungsten mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Bonita Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten

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: Prospect
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

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Prospecting had taken place on Bonita Creek, but no workings are known; 35 claims were recorded in 1967 (Heiner and Porter, 1972).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hudson and DeYoung, 1978

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Hudson and DeYoung (1978, p. 45) reported an estimated resource of 1.1 to 1.5 million cubic meters of placer ground containing 1 to 2 grams of gold and 190 grams of tungsten per cubic meter.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer mining claims were staked on Bonita Creek in 1967. Hudson and DeYoung (1978) reported a resource estimate of 1.1 to 1.5 million cubic meters pf placer ground containing 1 to 2 grams of gold and 190 grams of tungsten per cubic meter. The tungsten values are inferred to reflect the presence of placer scheelite. Bonita Creek drains an area where marble and schist bedrock is cut by high-angle faults including the eastward extension of the Anvil fault (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]).

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

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

References

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): Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.

Reference (Deposit): Hudson, T.L., and DeYoung, J. H., Jr., 1978, Map and tables describing areas of mineral resource potential, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Suvey Open-File Report 78-1-C, 62 p., one sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

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