Rebel Creek

The Rebel Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rebel Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Circle

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: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): SMALL SCALE PLACER OPERATIONS WERE ACTIVE IN THE 1980'S.

Comment (Location): THE LOCATION IS MIDWAY UP REBEL CREEK FROM ITS CONFLUENCE WITH BONANZA CREEK, ABOUT 2 MILES ENE OF THE TOP OF PORCUPINE DOME.

Comment (Deposit): BEDROCK IN THE BONANZA CREEK DRAINAGE IS THE LOWER SCHIST UNIT DESCRIBED BY WILTSE AND OTHERS (1995) AS A SLIGHTLY CALCAREOUS QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE SCHIST, PORPHYROBLASTIC-ALBITE-QUARTZ-CHLORITE-MUSCOVITE SCHIST AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF QUARTZOSE PORPHYROBLASTIC-ALBITE-CHLORITE SCHIST. IN THE BONANZA CREEK DRAINAGE, FREEMAN AND OTHERS(1988, P. 14), MAPPED PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION, SULFIDEMINERALIZATION, MINOR STOCKWORK SILICIFICATION AND QUARTZ-SERICITE-SULFIDEALTERATION OF BONANZA CREEK SEQUENCE ROCKS WHICH INCLUDE METAQUARTZITE,PELITIC CALC-SCHIST AND METAVOLCANIC SCHIST. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OFALTERATION WERE NOT COMPLETED FOR REBEL CREEK. DURING 1988 PLACER GOLD WAS EXAMINED FROM REBEL CREEK JUST ABOVE ITS CONFLUENCE WITH BONANZA CREEK. THE GOLD WAS VERY FRESH AND ANGULAR AND WAS DOMINANTLY WIRE GOLD WITH SOME SMALL NUGGETS. FLAKES WERE DISTINCTLY ABSENT (FREEMAN AND OTHERS, 1988).

Comment (Production): MINING HAS BEEN REPORTED (SEE WORKINGS/EXPLORATION); HOWEVER, AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Freeman, C. J. and Adams, D. D., 1988, Lode and placer gold potential of the Faith Creek prospect, Circle mining district, Alaska: Fairbanks Exploration Inc., FC 88-1, 21 p.

Reference (Deposit): Wiltse, M. A., Reger, R. D., Newberry, R. J, Pessel, G. H., Pinney, D. S., Robinson, M. S., and Solie, D. N., 1995, Bedrock geologic map of the Circle mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 95-2b, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

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