Gold Run Creek

The Gold Run Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Run Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kiana

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Assessment work was done to hold several claims on the creek in the early 1930's.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer gold occurs in alluvial deposits overlying kyanite schist on Gold Run Creek. A few ounces of placer gold were recovered during assessment work in 1931 or earlier. Scheelite is a common mineral in the placer concentrates, and kyanite, scheelite and wolframite make up a considerable portion of a sample obtained about 11 miles upstream from the mouth. Kyanite in the schist bedrock occurs in bands of coarse, bladed crystals, some as much as 10 inches in length. The width of the zone of kyanite in one prospect cut is 2 feet. It is exposed for a distance of 18 feet. Other narrower bands have been encountered in the same area (Anderson, 1947).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed, 1932

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in northern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-628, 106 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Baird Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-386, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, I.M., 1932, Report of the placer deposits of the Squirrel River gold field: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines, Miscellaneous Report 27-1, 15 p.

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