The Bonanza Creek Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Bonanza Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Eagle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISCONTINUOUS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Zone Limonite Stained
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU: .02-11.0 PPM. SEE REF. 2, P. 9, TABLE 1, CHANNEL SAMPLES 13-18.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 3. PROSPECT BETWEEN BONANZA AND EASTER CREEK ABOUT 1 MILE FROM SEVENTYMILE RIVER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A 60 FT. WIDE LIMONITE-STAINED CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN SERPENTINE AND A FINE GRAINED MAFIC INTRUSIVE ROCK. QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINLETS CUT BOTH THE SERPENTINITE AND THE INTRUSIVE ROCK. GOLD IN SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEINS AND SILICA CARBONATE ROCK ASSOCIATED WITH SERPENTINIZED ULTRAMAFIC BODIES. THE ULTRAMAFICS OUTCROP ALONG A FAULT ZONE AND ARE DISCONTINUOUS. RECONNAISSANCE SAMPLING ALONG THE FAULT ZONE TO THE SE DOES NOT INDICATE A CONTINUATION OF MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-3
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (D-3), LOC. 3.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC. 335, P. 9, 10.
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