Fuller Creek

The Fuller Creek is a gold 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

Name: Fuller Creek

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 61.7, -157.40000

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Fuller Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fuller Creek


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Alaska
District: Aniak


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

Not available


Rocks

Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Assumed to be surface

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cady and others, 1955, p. 120

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bedrock is Cretaceous graywacke and shale of the Kuskokwim Group cut by several albite rhyolite intrusive bodies (Cady and others, 1955).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient less than 50 ft/mi (9.5 m/km) on lower portion of creek. Very little information available on prospect.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer; modern stream

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary/Quaternary


References

Reference (Deposit): Miller, M.L., Belkin, H.E., Blodgett, R.B., Bundtzen, T.K., Cady, J.W., Goldfarb, R.J., Gray, J.E., McGimsey, R.G., and Simpson, S.L., 1989, Pre-field study and mineral resource assessment of the Sleetmute quadrangle, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-363, 115 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountains quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.

Reference (Deposit): Yeend, W.E., 1986, Descriptive model of Placer Au-PGE, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds. Mineral Deposit Models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 261-4.

Reference (Deposit): Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Sleetmute quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-368, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.


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