Alfred Creek

The Alfred Creek is a platinum and gold mine located in Alaska.

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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.

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Site Name

Primary: Alfred Creek
Secondary: Alaska Gold Mining. Co.
Secondary: Caribou Creek

Commodity

Primary: Platinum
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: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS ARBITRARY POINT ON ALFRED CREEK (BETWEEN PASS CREEK AND BENCH CREEK, BOTH TRIBUTARIES OF ALFRED CREEK, BECAUSE EXACT LOCATION OF PLACERS UNKNOWN. ACCURATE WITHIN 2 MILES. LOCALITY 88 OF COBB (1972) AND LOCALITY 61 OF MACKEVETT AND HOLLOWAY (1977).

Comment (Workings): SMALL SCALE PLACERS WORKED SPORADICALLY FOR MANY YEARS. TOTAL PRODUCTION SAID TO BE ABOUT 70-75 FINE OUNCES OF GOLD. MINOR AMOUNTS OF PLATINUM ARE FOUND WITH GOLD.

Comment (Deposit): PLACER GOLD FOUND ALONG LENGTH OF STREAM. LOWER PART OF THE STREAM COURSE CUTS THROUGH CRETACEOUS SHALE, WHILE UPSTREAM IT CUTS THROUGH JURASSIC SANDSTONE AND SHALE. THE JURASSIC SANDSTONE AND SHALE IS CUT BY SMALL DIKES. RIDGE NORTH OF CREEK CAPPED BY TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS THAT MAY BE UNDERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATE, WHICH COULD BE SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD IN THE CREEK (MARTIN AND MERTIE, 1914).

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION SAID TO BE ABOUT 70-75 FINE OUNCES OF GOLD.

Comment (Deposit): EXACT LOCATIONS OF PLACER MINES ARE UNKNOWN.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

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): MARTIN G.C., AND MERTIE, J.B., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER MATANUSKA AND NELCHINA VALLEYS, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 592-H, P. 273-299, MAP.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, A.H., 1913, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1912: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 542, 308 P.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, A.H., 1925, ALASKA'S MINERAL RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION IN 1923: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 773-A, P. 1-52.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, A.H., AND CAPPS, S.R., 1924, THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1922: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 755, P. 3-49.

Reference (Deposit): CHAPIN, THEODORE, 1918, THE NELCHINA-SUSITNA REGION, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 668, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., 1973, PLACER DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374, 213 P., 1 PLATE.

Reference (Deposit): MACKEVETT, E.M., 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.

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., 1979, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN ANCHORAGE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1095, 184 P.

Reference (Deposit): JASPER, M.W., 1965, GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SELECTED AREAS IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA, 1964: ALASKA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS GEOCHEMICAL REPORT 4, 31 P.

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