The Lignite Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Lignite Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lignite Creek
Secondary: Hoseanna Creek
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 (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface workings prior to 1918.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1978 (OFR 78-1062)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Lignite Creek drains an Eocene to Miocene sequence of poorly consolidated, pebbly sandstone, claystone and subituminous coal. The sequence pinches out northward and is overlapped unconformably by Tertiary Nenana Gravel (Wilson and others, 1998). The southern edge of the Lignite Creek drainage basin is underlain by of Birch Creek Schist. Placer gold has been reported in Lignite Creek near the mouth of Frances Creek. The sources of the gold probably are paleoplacers in the Nenana Gravel.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
References
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): Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.
Reference (Deposit): Joesting, H.R., 1942, Antimony and tungsten deposits in the Fairbanks and adjacent districts: Alaska Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 194-11, 25 p.
Reference (Deposit): Maddren, A.G., 1918, Gold placers near the Nenana coal field: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, p. 363-402.
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