The Little Creek is a mercury and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Little Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Creek
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Iditarod
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient about 50 ft. per mile.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer: stream
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cady and others, 1955
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer gold and cinnabar is found in the middle course of the creek. Gold is reported to be evenly distributed in a continuous pay streak. Pebbles of vein quartz are abundant in gravel. Overburden is about 12 ft. thick. Area was prospected intermittently from 1910 to 1981.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary/Quaternary
References
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.
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): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Iditarod quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-363, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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