The Sourdough Creek is a tin, gold, tungsten, and antimony 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Tin, Gold, Tungsten, Antimony
Lat, Long: 65.31667, -146.40000
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Sourdough Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sourdough Creek
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Geology): HR.AGE.MV: BEDROCK IS BIRCH CREEK SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): COBB, EDWARD H., 1975, TUNGSTEN OCCURRENCES IN ALASKA, USGS MAP, MR-66.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON, A. E., WEST, W. S., AND MATZKO, J. J., 1954, RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN ALASKA, 1952: USGS CIRC. 348, 21 P.
Reference (Deposit): COBB, EDWARD H., 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE CIRCLE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-391.
Reference (Deposit): COBB, EDWARD H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS) IN THE CIRCLE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 76-633.
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