The Ganes Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Ganes Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ganes Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Innoko
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
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient about 50 feet per mile.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Auriferous gravel were mined on benches 60-100 feet above stream level. Bench deposits represent pre-glacial creek valley. Gold in stream placers derived from local bedrock and reconcentrated from bench deposits. Gold occurs on or in upper foot or so of slate bedrock. Depth to bedrock averages 14 ft.; Ganes Creek pirated the upper part of Beaver Creek; all gold is below point of capture.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer: bench, stream
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Both modern stream and bench levels have produced 88,111 oz. of Au and 15,220 oz. of Ag from 1906-69. Probably an additional 16,000 oz. of Au were produced from 1970-75. Mertie (1936) reports fineness of 888 1/4 parts Au and 107 parts Ag.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mertie, 1936
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface and underground: dredging, drifting
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = No data on composition of concentrates.
Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary/Quaternary
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): 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): 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., 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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