Tyone Creek

The Tyone Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Tyone Creek  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 62.17, -147.35000

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Tyone Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tyone Creek


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum


Location

State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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


Comments

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Minor production reported (Balen, 1990) but probably based on a vague report by prospectors of gold plates worth 1 cent apiece in the headwaters of the Tyonek River (Paige and Knopf, 1907).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Balen, 1990

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer mine in alluvial deposits.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Analysis of stream-sediment samples yielded 4 ppm Pt, >10 ppm Au (Balen, 1990).


References

Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Paige, Sidney, and Knopf, Adolph, 1907, Geologic reconnaissance in the Matanuska and Talkeetna basins, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 327, 71 p.

Reference (Deposit): Kurtak, J.M., Southworth, D.D., Balen, M.D., and Clautice, K.H., 1992, Mineral investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-92, 659 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.


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