The Steel Creek Occurrence is a tungsten mine located in Alaska.
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Steel Creek Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steel Creek Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Tolovana
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wolframite
Comments
Comment (Development): NO EVIDENCE OF APPRECIABLE MINING OR PROSPECTING.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 74. DEPOSIT THOUGHT TO BE SOMEWHERE IN LOWER MILE OF STEEL CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): CONSIDERABLE WOLFRAMITE IN SAMPLE OF PLACER CONCENTRATE. SOME PLACER GOLD PROBABLY PRESENT ALSO, AS IT OCCURS IN A SIMILAR GEOLOGIC SETTING IN THE NEXT SMALL CREEK TO THE EAST.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IN AREA IS CRETACEOUS GRAYWACKE AND SHALE, HORNFELSIC NEAR THE SMALL FELSIC DIKES THAT ARE POORLY EXPOSED ON HILLS JUST WEST OF THE HEAD OF THE CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT. PER MILE. STEEL CREEK SAID TO BE "ONE OF THE ONLY TWO STREAMS IN THE AREA THAT SUPPORTED PROFITABLE MINING THAT DO NOT DRAIN MONEY KNOB OR AMY DOME." ; 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES PAMPHLET NO. 2, P. 20, 1943.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413, LOC. 74
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1374, P. 176.
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