The Unnamed (on Alder Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (on Alder Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (on Alder Creek)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Port Clarence
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay and sericite (?) may be source of talcose material noted by Collier and others (1908).
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some surface workings and shallow exporation to depth of 60 feet has been noted.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Not defined
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This is a lode prospect initially exposed on lower Alder Creek by placer operations and subsequently explored to a depth of 60 feet from exposures on the south side of the creek. The prospect is an altered fault (?) zone, in one place 16 feet wide, along a contact between schistose carbonate rocks in the hanging wall and metapelitic rocks in the footwall (Collier and others, 1908, p. 279-280). The altered zone is a talcose material with quartz stringers and blebs, pyrite, and fine gold. A sample assayed 0.06 opt gold and a trace of silver (Collier and others, 1908).??
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = talcose altered material
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Altered fault (?) contact with quartz stringers, pyrite, and fine gold. Possibly low sulfide Au-quartz vein model (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 36a).
Comment (Geology): Age = Not known; apparently post-dates regional deformation and metamorphism which is Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous in age.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Geologic map of the Teller quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-685, 4 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Kachadoorian, Reuban, Hudson, Travis, Smith, T.E., Richards, T.R., and Todd, W.E., 1969, Reconnaissance geologic maps and sample data, Teller A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1, and Bendeleben A-6, B-6, C-6, D-5, and D-6 quadrangles. Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 377, 49 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-587, 130 p.
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