The Alameda Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Alameda Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alameda Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyuk
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient approximately 50 feet per mile.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In the early 1900's one shaft was sunk 192 feet without reaching bedrock (Smith and Eakin, 1911). It was mainly in well-rounded quartz gravel. Another shaft hit lava at 32 feet. Gravel on bedrock contained about $0.01 per pan (gold at $20.67/ounce).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith and Eakin, 1911
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Gold was too scarce to support mining operations in 1909.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This gold placer prospect occurs in a short section of Alameda Creek. The deposit apparently is in a paleochannel uncut by the present stream. The deposit was explored by shafts, from which a small amount of gold was recovered. Pan concentrates contained a little gold, much magnetite and some undecomposed sulfides. Gravel on bedrock contained about $0.01 per pan (gold at $20.67/ounce) (Smith and Eakin, 1911).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Candle Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-389, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S. and Eakin, H.M., 1910, Mineral resources of the Nulato-Council region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442, 432 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
Reference (Deposit): Koschmann, A.H. and Bergendahl, M.H., 1968, Principal gold producing districts of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 610, 283 p.
Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S. and Eakin, H.M., 1911, Mineral resources of Alaska 1910: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480, 333 p..
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