The Iron Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Iron Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Innoko
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
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary. The source of the placer gold is probably a Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite intrusion in the headwaters of Iron Creek (Bundtzen and others, 1987).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bedrock in the vicinity of Iron Creek consists of volcanic rocks; a monzonite intrusion underlies its headwaters (Chapman and others, 1985; S. Dashevsky, unpublished data, 2000). Gravel in Iron Creek consists of phyllitic rocks and granite, overlain by four feet of muck (Harrington, 1919). There was some placer mining in Iron Creek by 1917 (Harrington, 1919). Small-scale prospecting has occurred since that then.? Also see OP007-009.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Harrington, 1919
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Gold mining along Iron Creek was underway by 1917 (Harrington, 1919). Small-scale prospecting has occurred since then.
References
Reference (Deposit): Harrington, G.L., 1919, The gold and platinum placers of the Tolstoi district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692-F, p. 339-351.
Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., Patton, W.W., and Moll, E.J., 1985, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-203, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.
Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Green, C.B., Deagen, J., and Daniels, C.L., 1987, Alaska's mineral industry, 1986: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 40, 68 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-367, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.
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