The Roosevelt Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Roosevelt Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Roosevelt Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Bonnifield
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 (Geology): Age = Quaternary placer.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Small-scale placer mining was reported in 1910 and 1916 (Capps, 1912, p. 44; Maddren, 1918, p. 399-400).
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Small scale placer mining was reported in 1910 and 1916,but there is no information available of the amount of production (Capps, 1912, p. 44; Maddren, 1918, p. 399-400).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The upper part of the valley of Roosevelt Creek is eroded in thick Nenana Gravel, but the lower part of the valley is eroded to a depth of 100 feet or more into interbedded clay, sand, gravel, and coal of the Tertiary Grubstake Formation (Wahrhaftig, 1970 [GQ-809]). Gold is found in the basal 2 feet of stream gravel (Maddren, 1918, p. 400). Placer gold in the creek is fine, flat, and well-worn (Prindle, 1907, p. 210-211). Mining was reported in 1910 and 1916 (Capps, 1912, p. 44; Maddren, 1918, p. 399).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-662)
References
Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., 1912, The Bonnifield region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 501, 64 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Wahrhaftig, Clyde, 1970, Geologic map of the Fairbanks A-3 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle Map GQ-809, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., 1907, The Bonnifield and Kantishna regions, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314-L, p. 205-226.
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.
Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1911, The Mount McKinley region, Alaska, with descriptions of the igneous rocks and of the Bonnifield and Kantishna districts by L.M. Prindle: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 70, 234 p.
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): Capps, S.R., 1911, Mineral resources of the Bonnifield region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480-H, p. 218-235.
Reference (Deposit): Maddren, A.G., 1918, Gold placers near the Nenana coal field: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, p. 363-402.
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