The McCuen Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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McCuen Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: McCuen 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: 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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface development, all prior to 1918.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = McCuen Gulch drains an area of mid-Tertiary coal-bearing strata that overlie mid-Paleozoic Totatlanika Schist, composed predominantly of felsic and mafic metavolcanic and metavolcaniclastic rocks (Wilson and others, 1998). The schist is intruded by Tertiary hypabyssal plutons.? the placer deposit is in poorly-sorted alluvium consisting of well-rounded clasts, mainly of coarse-grained schist. According to Maddren (1918), the gold is derived from bedrock schist rather than reconcentrated from the Tertiary gravels (Maddren, 1918).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1978 (OFR 78-1062)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
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): 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): 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.
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