The Quartz Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Quartz Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Creek Placer
Secondary: Homestake Bar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Rhenium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Hot Springs
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Zircon
Unknown: Xenotime
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 24. DEPOSIT ON BENCH BETWEEN QUARTZ AND READY MONEY CREEKS ABOUT 1 MILE FROM CONFLUENCE OF SULLIVAN CR. AND 1/4 MI. WEST OF QUARTZ CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): SMALL-SCALE OPEN CUT MINING 1908-14 AND 1930. EXTENSIVE PROSPECT DRILLING 1940.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): PLACER GOLD ON HOMESTAKE BAR, A BENCH DEPOSIT CONSISTING LARGELY OF CREEP AND SLOPEWASH MATERIAL WITH A THIN COVER OF SILT. NOT A RICH PLACER. GRAVEL 3-4 FT. THICK OVERLAIN BY 3 FT. OF SILT.
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK SURFACE SLOPES TOWARD CREEK MORE GENTLY THAN GROUND SURFACE; BEDROCK SURFACE STEEPENS AT UPHILL MARGIN AND MARKS LIMIT OF RICHER DEPOSIT.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (A-2), LOC. 24
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 844-D, P. 213-214, 240
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 535, P. 32-33.
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