Slate Creek

The Slate Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Slate Creek
Secondary: Trout Creek (placer)
Secondary: Hosiana Creek(?)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Yukon Flats

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the only mining reported in the Yukon Flats district. Stream gradient of Trout Creek is 100 ft./mi. The location of the reported occurrence on Hosiana Creek is not described in the references, but it may be at or near the Trout and Slate Creek occurrences inasmuch as they are the only reported placer gold occurrences in the Hodzana drainage.

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

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1973 (B1374)

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface workings. A few men reportedly worked on Trout and Slate creeks in each of several years during the 1950's and 1960's. No other information is available.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = According to Cobb (1973; B1374) production must have been small and was probably credited to the Chandalar District

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer mining was reportedly done on Slate Creek and its tributary, Trout Creek, near the junction of the two streams (Cobb, 1973, B1374). Good prospects were found on Hosiana Creek in 1910 (Ellsworth and Parker, 1911). No other descriptive information is available for this occurrence.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences in the Beaver, Bettles, and Medfra quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-94, 54 pages.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Beaver quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-439, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Beaver, Bettles, and Medfra quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-94, 54 p.

Reference (Deposit): Ellsworth, C.E., and Parker, G.L., 1911, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480, 325 p.

Reference (Deposit): Holdsworth, P.R., 1957, Report of the Commissioner of Mines for the biennium ended December 31, 1956: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Annual Report 1957, 103 p.

Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

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