Bear Creeks

The Bear Creeks is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Bear Creeks
Secondary: Bear Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Yentna

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal alteration is reported by C. C. Hawley and Associates, Inc. (1978) at this site. No detailed description of alteration mineralogy is given.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bench placer of Pleistocene (and older?) unconsolidated sediments (Smith, 1930) overlie bedrock of Mesozoic graywacke and argillite (KJs, Reed and Nelson, 1980). Hydrothermal alteration of the bedrock at head of creek is reported by Hawley C.C. and Associates, Inc. (1978). Hawley and Clark (1973, Plate 1) show the Dutch Creek lineament extending down Bear Creek. This feature represents one of the steeply dipping normal faults that Hawley and Clark (1973) suggest are controlling features for placer gold in the Yentna district. Reed and others (1978) report post-1970 mining activity on Bear Creek. ? Reed and others (1978) indicate that hydrothermally altered zones similar to those at the headwaters of Bear Creek are observed along Dollar (TL031) and Thunder Creeks (TL032, TL058), at the headwaters of Treasure (TL030) and Dutch (TL033) Creeks and at an unnamed locality east of McDoel Peak (TL053).

Comment (Geology): Age = Pleistocene.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The drainage has been prospected and mined by various surface methods including hand mining and dozer/sluice operations. Reed and others (1978) reported post-1970 mining activity. Current status is unknown.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith, 1930

References

Reference (Deposit): C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc., 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 275 p., 7 plates.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1930, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1927: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 810-A, p. 1-64.

Reference (Deposit): Hawley, C.C., and Clark, A.L., 1973, Geology and mineral deposits of the upper Chulitna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 758-A, p. 1-10, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000 and 1:500,000.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., and Nelson, S.W., 1980, Geologic map of the Talkeetna quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1174, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of reference to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-884, 106 p.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., Nelson, S.W., Curtin, G.C., and Singer, D.A., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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