Smith and Sutherland

The Smith and Sutherland is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Smith and Sutherland
Secondary: Smith-Sargent (?)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Willow Creek

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

Not available

Rocks

Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Capps, 1919

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Capps (1919) reported a 40 ft tunnel caved in on the property.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a ?)

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = No specific data reported about the prospect mentioned in Capps (1919). Most likely, gold-bearing quartz vein(s) cut the Late Cretaceous Willow Creek Pluton. Bedrock is the Late Cretaceous Willow Creek Pluton. The Willow Creek Pluton is a zoned pluton: the outer part consists of hornblende quartz diorite and lesser hornblende tonalite; the core consists of hornblende-biotite granodiorite, and lesser hornblende-biotite quartz monzodiorite and biotite quartz monzonite.

Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; host is the Late Cretaceous Willow Creek Pluton.

Comment (Geology): Age = Host rock is Late Cretaceous.

References

Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., 1919, Gold lode mining in the Willow Creek district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692-D, p. 177-186.

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.

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