Donlin Creek Property, Dome area

The Donlin Creek Property, Dome area is a tin, silver, and mercury mine located in Alaska.

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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

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local silicification

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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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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