The Crumb Gulch is a gold and antimony mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Crumb Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crumb Gulch
Secondary: Unnamed (north of upper Crumb Gulch)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nizina
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Explored by two short adits and surface workings. Grab samples assayed as high as: >10,000 ppm Sb, 66 ppm Au, 15 ppm Ag (MacKevett, 1976).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Veins up to 30 cm thick in shear zone cutting hornfelsed Cretaceous sedimentary rocks near Tertiary granodiorite pluton. Veins contain gold, stibnite, realgar, pyrite and minor to trace chalcopyrite. A few veins in granodiorite contain masses of stibnite more than 1 m long and as much as 12 cm wide.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = MacKevett and Smith, 1968
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode: vein, shear zone.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Gold (native)
References
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Smith, J.G., 1968, Distribution of gold, copper, and some other metals in the McCarthy B-4 and B-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 604, 25 p.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1974, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-5 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1146, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.
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