The Spring Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Spring Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyuk
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 = In 1947 the U.S. Geological Survey sampled the placer to evaluate its radioactive mineral potential. There was little sign of active mining at that time.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Gault and others, 1953
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Spring Creek heads in the Late Cretaceous Granite Mountain monzonite pluton and flows across its contact with Jurassic-Cretaceous andesitic volcanic rocks. Placer gold reportedly was mined about a mile below a hot spring. Depth to bedrock at the mouth of creek is about 10 feet. Some of the bench placer ground is 12 feet deep.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient approximately 150 feet per mile.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Candle Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-389, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Gault, H.R., Killeen, P.L., West, W.S., and others, 1953, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in the northeastern part of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 1945-47 and 1951: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 250, 31 p.
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