The Alaska Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Alaska Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alaska Creek
Secondary: Alaska Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Bonnifield
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
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 (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface workings only; reports of nuggets up to 0.15 oz recovered (Cobb, 1978 (OFR 78-1062).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Alaska Creek is a placer gold prospect that drains the Tertiary Nenana Gravel. The source of the Nenana Gravel is the Alaska Range, whose lode deposits presumably are the source of the gold (Yeend, 1982, 1984).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1978 (OFR 78-1062)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Alaska Creek is northeast of three tributaries to Healy Creek that contain placer gold. See also: French Gulch (HE012) and Gagnon Creek (HE010).
References
Reference (Deposit): Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-394, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1915, Mineral resources of Alaska in 1914: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622, 238 p.
Reference (Deposit): Maddren, A.G., 1918, Gold placers near the Nenana coal field: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, p. 363-402.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1062, 113 p.
Reference (Deposit): Yeend, W.E., 1984, Placers and placer mining in the Healy quadrangle, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 868, p. 95-98.
Reference (Deposit): Yeend, W.E., 1982, Recycled gold, interior Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1375, p. 8-9.
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