Black Creek

The Black Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Mercury

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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Cassiterite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND: TRENCH, DREDGE, SHORT ADIT

Comment (Production): MINED 1910-16, 1940, & 1975-81; DREDGE OPERATED IN 1916. TOTAL PRODUCTION >25,000 OZ AU.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD AND CINNABAR FOUND IN DISCONTINUOUS STREAM PLACERS. OVERBURDEN IS 12-16 FT. THICK. JOESTING (1942) REPORTED RARE CASSITERITE IN THE CONCENTRATES. BUNDTZEN AND OTHERS (1992) FOUND PLATINUM ANOMALIES, ALTHOUGH NOT IN ECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONS.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-363, LOC. 31.; 3 MILES ESE OF FLAT; ACCURATE WITHIN 1/4 MILE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. PER MILE.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): MILLER, M.L., BUNDTZEN, T.K., AND GRAY, J.E., 1996, MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE IDITAROD QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2219-B, SCALE 1:250,000, PAMPHLET (IN PRESS).

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-363-31B

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): BUNDTZEN, T.K., MILLER, M.L., LAIRD, G.M., AND BULL, K.F., 1992, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDITAROD MINING DISTRICT, IDITAROD B-4 AND EASTERN B-5 QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS PROFESSIONAL REPORT 97, 46 P., 2 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): MADDREN, A.G., 1915, GOLD PLACERS OF THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM WITH A NOTE ON COPPER IN THE RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS, IN SMITH AND MADDREN, THE LAKE CLARK-IDITAROD AND KUSKOKWIM REGIONS, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 622-H, P. 292-360.

Reference (Deposit): JOESTING, H.R., 1942, STRATEGIC MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN INTERIOR ALASKA: ALASKA DEPARTMENT MINES PAMPHLET 1, 46 P.

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., COMPILER, 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE IDITAROD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-363, SCALE 1:250,000.

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