The Katak Creek is a tin mine located in Alaska.
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Katak Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Katak Creek
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Canning
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:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Sphene
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed, 1968.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Sn placer
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Angular grains 0.1 to 0.8 millimeters across of cassiterite observed in thin section from in the Kekiktuk Conglomerate. Some cassiterite could still be present in contact zones of Romanzov Mountains granite, or in greisens and pyritic zones in the granite.
Comment (Geology): Age = Placer is Early Mississippian in age and lode from which the placer was likely derived is likely Early Devonian in age.
References
Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., 1968, Geology of the Lake Peters area, northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1236, 132 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 Mount Michelson quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-462, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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