Bird Creek

The Bird Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Bird Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Anchorage

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

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer claims worked for several years between 1898 and most recently in 1938. Most claims proved to be disappointing. In 1915, a tunnel was driven 144 ft in slate to tap an old channel about 8 miles above Bird Creek mouth. Prospector was not successful (Capps, 1916). An aplite sample from a lode claim in 1898 assayed 0.36 oz/ton Au (Mendenhall, 1900).

Comment (Production): Production Notes = No production data available.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Capps, 1916

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer claims in stream draining Late Cretaceous Valdez Group metasedimentary rocks. Gold found in stream deposits sporatically; an aplite sample from a lode claim in 1898 assayed 0.36 oz/ton Au (Mendenhall, 1900).

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary

References

Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., 1916, Gold mining in the Willow Creek district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 642-G, p. 147-194, 195-200.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.

Reference (Deposit): Mendenhall, W.C., 1900, A reconnaissance from Resurrection Bay to the Tanana River, Alaska, in 1898: U.S. Geological Survey 20th Annual Report, part 7, p. 265-340.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1938: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 917-A, p. 1-113.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

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