The Peters Creek is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Peters Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peters Creek
Secondary: Peterson Creek
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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: 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
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Old: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; host for mineralization is a Late Cretaceous and Tertiary biotite-muscovite granite and Late Cretaceous quartz diorite of the Willow Creek Pluton.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Capps and Tuck, 1935
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Two samples were assayed. The first sample showed trace amounts of Au and 0.04 oz/ton Ag, while the second showed 0.02 oz/ton Au and 0.60 oz/ton Ag (Capps and Tuck, 1935).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Capps and Tuck (1935) reported quartz float containing small amounts of chalcopyrite, bornite, gold, and silver. Sample assay values are as high as 0.02 oz/ton Au and 0.60 oz/ton Ag. Country rock in the area is the highly sheared Late Cretaceous and Tertiary biotite-muscovite granite and Late Cretaceous quartz diorite of the Willow Creek Pluton.? Two samples were assayed. The first sample showed trace amounts of Au and 0.04 oz/ton Ag, while the second showed 0.02 oz/ton Au and 0.60 oz/ton Ag (Capps and Tuck, 1935).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Peters Creek has also been known as Peterson Creek.
Comment (Geology): Age = Host rock is Tertiay - Late Cretaceous.
References
Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., and Tuck, Ralph, 1935, The Willow Creek-Kashwitna District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-B, p. 95-113.
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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