Gold Run Creek Area

The Gold Run Creek Area is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Run Creek Area
Secondary: Includes Discovery Pup
Secondary: Poorman Creek.
Secondary: Gold Run Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chisana

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: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): TYPE OF WORKINGS: SURFACE. INTERMITTENT MINING SINCE DISCOVERY IN 1913.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS CONSIST OF AURIFEROUS GRAVELS CONTAINING SUBROUNDED SHALE AND GRAYWACKE CLASTS AND SOME WELL-ROUNDED LAVA AND DIORITE CLASTS. TWO PLACER DEPOSITS DESCRIBED IN BROOKS (1915): ONE IS 150 FT BY 15 FT WITH 4.5-TO 5-FT-DEEP GRAVEL AND ONE IS A 500 FT BY 40 FT SECTION OF FROZEN GRAVELS RUNNING 11 TO 15 FT DEEP. TOP 1 TO 4 FT OF RIPPABLE BEDROCK WAS ALSO SLUICED. THE LAVA AND DIORITE CLASTS IN THE STREAM GRAVELS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM TERTIARY GRAVELS CAPPING GOLD HILL TO SOUTHEAST OF PLACER AREA.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED IN CHISANA DISTRICT; SEE BONANZA CREEK AREA (NB079)

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

Comment (Deposit): CONTRIBUTOR TO CHISANA DISTRICT PRODUCTION OF PLACER GOLD. GOLD HAS ALSO BEEN NOTED DOWNSTREAM FROM GOLD RUN, ON GLACIER AND CHAVOLDA CREEKS, THOUGH NOT IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS

Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: RICHTER AND JONES, 1973, I-749; LOCATION GIVEN IS CONFLUENCE OF GLACIER CREEK AND GOLD RUN CREEK. ACCURATE WITHIN 1000 FT RADIUS

References

Reference (Deposit): MOFFIT, F.H., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE ALASKA RANGE AND ADJACENT AREA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 989-D, P. 65-218.

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., 1973, PLACER DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374, 1 PLATE, 312 P.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH AND OTHERS, 1942, USGS B 926-A, P. 53

Reference (Deposit): SMITH AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS B 836, P. 41

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1915, USGS B 622, P. 202-204, 208-216, 222

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1916, USGS B 642, P. 62

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, A.H., 1914, LODE MINING IN THE KETCHIKAN REGION, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 592-B, P. 309-320.

Reference (Deposit): RICHTER, D.H., AND MATSON, N.A., 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-422, SCALE 1:250,000.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-655K-63

Reference (Deposit): RICHTER, D.H., AND JONES, D.L., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NABESNA A-2 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-749, SCALE 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): RICHTER, D.H., AND OTHERS, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-655-K, SCALE 1:250,000.

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