The Tamarack Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Tamarack Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tamarack Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Silver (native)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Mertie (1936) reports that a paystreak yielding good returns was being mined in 1934.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Production from Tamarack Creek probably is combined with production for Spruce Creek (OP026).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mertie, 1936
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The rocks in the vicinity of Tamarack creek are shale and siltstone. The creek probably also drains Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite plutons, and dikes of various compositions (Chapman and others, 1985). These intrusive rocks probably are the source of the placer gold in Tamarack Creek (Bundtzen and others, 1987).? Heavy minerals in pan concentrates from Tamarack Creek include magnetite, ilmenite, pyrite, pyroxene, amphibole, and several grains of native silver (Bundtzen and others, 1987). Mertie (1936) reports that a paystreak yielding good returns was being mined in 1934.? Production from Tamarack Creek probably is combined with production figures for Spruce Creek (OP026).
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
References
Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.
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.
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.
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