Moore Creek

The Moore Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Moore Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Mcgrath

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: 1911
Year Last Production: 1967
Discovery Year: 1910
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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chromite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS IN BASE OF GRAVEL AND IN CRACKS IN UPPER 1.5 FT. OF BEDROCK. STREAM OVERBURDEN IS 12-18 FT. THICK GRAVEL. BENCH OVERBURDEN IS 5-7 FT. THICK; 3-5 FT. GRAVEL, 2 FT. MUCK.

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED AT 54,000 OZ. AU AND 12,500 OZ. AG. MERTIE REPORTS FINENESS OF 767 PARTS AU AND 225 PARTS AG (1936, P. 224).

Comment (Location): USGS MF-363, LOC. 37: MINE IS ADJACENT TO LANDING STRIP MARKED ON IDITAROD C-3 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

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 IS ABOUT 100 FT. PER MILE. MOORE CREEK HAS TWO BRANCHES, OF WHICH THE EASTERN BRANCH IS WILLOW CREEK. PLACER DEPOSITS MAINLY ON THE WESTERN BRANCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Workings): SURFACE: DRILLING, DREDGING ?

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

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): 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.

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., LAIRD, G.M., AND LOCKWOOD, M.S., 1988, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IDITAROD C-3 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS PROFESSIONAL REPORT 96, 13 P., SCALE 1:63,360.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-363-37

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