The Donlin Creek Property, Dome area is a tin, silver, and mercury mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Donlin Creek Property, Dome area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Donlin Creek Property, Dome area
Secondary: Dome
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Primary: Silver
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface sampling and possible trenching in 1989; Placer Dome and Calista corporations announced at the March , 1996 Alaska Miner's Convention that extensive drilling indicates the presence of 44.8 million tons of ore yielding 3.6 million ounces of gold at the Donlin Creek Property
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Refer to reserve comments for Donlin Creek Property, Snow area.Seven deposits along Donlin Creek including the Dome and Snow areas contain combined inferred reserves of 3.871 million tonnes at 3.15 g/tonne Au
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Retherford and McAtee, 1994.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal vein associated with alaskite dikes
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Alaskite (felsic) dikes cut Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group sedimentary rock; biotite hornfels developed locally. Quartz veins locally cut the dikes. Dike samples yield anomalous values of Ag, Hg, As, Sn, Bi, and trace Au.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Occurrence forms northern limit of the Donlin Creek Property of the Calista Corporation.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
References
Reference (Deposit): Miller, M.L., Bundtzen, T.K., Keith, W.J., Bailey, E.A., Bickerstaff, Damon, 1996, Geology and mineral resources of the Stuyahok area, part of Holy Cross A-4 and A-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-505-A, 30 p.
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., 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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