The O'Connor Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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O'Connor Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: O'Connor Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
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 (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary placer.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-662)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The ridges surrounding O'Connor Creek are composed of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996). Prospecting was reported as early as 1907, but the auriferous gravel was about 100 to 130 feet deep and not much work was completed (Prindle, 1908). About 55 ounces of gold worth $1,000 was mined in 1907 (Prindle and Katz, 1913, p. 106). There has been mining on the creek in recent years, but there is little record of it.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Prospecting was reported as early as 1907, but the auriferous gravels were 100 to 130 feet deep and not much work was completed (Prindle, 1908). There has been mining on the creek in recent years, but there is little record of it.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = About 55 ounces of gold worth $1,000 was mined in 1907 (Prindle and Katz, 1913, p. 106). There has been mining on the creek in recent years, but there is little record of it.
References
Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., 1908, The Fairbanks and Rampart quadrangles, Yukon-Tanana region, Alaska, with a section on the Rampart placers, by F.L. Hess, and a paper on the water supply of the Fairbanks region, by C.C. Covert: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 337, 102 p.
Reference (Deposit): Newberry, R.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Clautice, K.C., Combellick, R.A., Douglas, T., Laird, G.M., Liss, S.A., Pinney, D.S., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Solie, D.N., 1996, Preliminary geologic map of the Fairbanks mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 96-16, 17 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., and Katz, F.J., 1913, Detailed description of the Fairbanks district, in Prindle, L. M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 59-152.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p.
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