Canyon Creek

The Canyon Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Canyon Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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: 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

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Heiner and Porter, 1972

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Exploration work has probably only been by pan or rocker; some gold may have been produced at one locality in 1927 (Smith, 1930, B 810-A, p. 36).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Canyon Creek is a major drainage in the western Kigluaik Mountains. Placer mining claims were reported along about 6 miles of the stream, and the location given is the approximate mid-point of the claimed area shown as Kardex site Kx 52-89 by Heiner and Porter (1972, p. 162). Smith (1930 [B 810-A]) reported prospecting activity on one locality in 1927. The creek is in a broad glacially sculpted valley. Placer gold deposits are probably of transient river-bar type derived from undiscovered lodes in the Kigluaik Mountains. Bedrock in this area is mostly amphibolite facies metasedimentary rocks (Sainsbury, Hummel, and Hudson, 1972; Till and Dumoulin, 1994; Hannula and others, 1995).

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

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Holocene.

References

Reference (Deposit): Hannula, K.A., Miller, E.L., Dumitru, T.A., Lee, Jeffrey, and Rubin, C.M., 1995, Structural and metamorphic relations in the southwest Seward Peninsula, Alaska; Crustal extension and the unroofing of blueschists: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 107, p. 536-553.

Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Hummel, C.L., and Hudson, Travis, 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-326, 28 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1930, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1927: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 810-A, p. 1-64.

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): Till, A.B., and Dumoulin, J.A, 1994, Geology of Seward Peninsula and St. Lawrence Island, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, DNAG, v. G-1, p. 141-152.

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