Quail Creek Placer

The Quail Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Quail Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Rampart

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Picotite
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Barite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Cassiterite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MOST OF GOLD IN BENCH PLACER IN LOWER MILE OF CREEK; WELL-DEFINED WORKABLE BENCH 150 FT. ABOVE CREEK ON THE NORTH SIDE. ABOVE THIS BENCH, AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 400 FT. ABOVE THE CREEK, AN OLD CHANNEL ON THE SPUR BETWEEN THE MAIN BRANCH AND THE SOUTH FORK OF QUAIL CREEK SHOWS COLORS. SOME GOLD ALSO IN STREAM PLACER; PAYSTREAK SAID TO BE ABOUT 300 FT. WIDE AND GRAVEL ABOUT 5 FEET THICK. DIKES CUTTING BEDROCK CARRY SULFIDES. SOME OF GOLD IN CREEK MAY HAVE BEEN RECONCENTRATED FROM BENCH PLACER.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SLATY SHALE, GRAYWACKE, PHYLLITE, AND QUARTZITE CUT BY NUMEROUS FELSIC DIKES AND QUARTZ VEINLETS. ; REG.COM: LODE SOURCE OF GOLD PROBABLY IN BORDER ZONE AROUND QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVES OF WOLVERINE MTN. AND OTHER SIMILAR STOCKS AND FELSIC DIKES.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT. PER MILE. DISCOVERS OF GOLD WANTED TO CALL STREAM "PTARMIGAN" CR., BUT COULDN'T SPELL IT AND SETTLED FOR "QUAIL". ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 60. PLACER MINE MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (B-6) NEAR CONFLUENCE WITH TROUBLESOME CR.; ABOUT 4 MILES ENE OF WOLVERINE MTN. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): BENCH AND/OR CREEK PLACERS MINED SPORADICALLY FROM 1898 TO AS RECENTLY AS 1940. MINED BY AUTOMATIC DAM AND SLUICE BOXES.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (B-6), LOC. 60

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 844-D, P. 189-190.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 280, P. 47-50

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