The Indian Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Indian Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indian Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Homer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: None.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Small-scale placer mining occurred for several years prior to 1903. In 1903 an elaborate hydraulic plant was assembled at the site, but was not profitable to operate and was abandoned (Martin and others, 1915).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Martin and others, 1915
Comment (Production): Production Notes = This propsect is within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge; the area is now closed to mineral entry.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Small amounts of gold occur in stratified glacial-fluvial gravels at the mouth of Indian Creek canyon. In 1903 an elaborate hydraulic plant was assembled at the site, but was not profitable to operate. It was subsequently abandoned (Martin and other, 1915).
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
References
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1906, Gold fields of the Turnagain Arm region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 277, p. 7-52.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1904, Placer mining in Alaska in 1903: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 225, p. 43-59.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
Reference (Deposit): Martin G.C., Johnson, B.L., and Grant, U.S., 1915, Geology and mineral resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 587, 243 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than minerals fuels and construction materials) in the Kenai and Tyonek Quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-86, 36 p.
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