Flat Creek and Marietta Basin

The Flat Creek and Marietta Basin is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Flat Creek and Marietta Basin
Secondary: Marietta
Secondary: Flat Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Iditarod

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
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1956
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Production): MINED BY DREDGE 1915-56; FURTHER MINING 1970-86. RECORDED PRODUCTION IS 477,039 OZ. AU; CONSIDERED MINIMUM ESTIMATE.

Comment (Workings): SURFACE; EXTENSIVE DREDGING; ACTIVELY MINED DURING 1995.

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Deposit): LOWER 4 MI. OF VALLEY HAS GRADIENT OF ABOUT 100 FT./MILE; UPPERMOST MILE OF VALLEY DROPS APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-363 LOC. 30.(B-4,5 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP). TAILINGS MARKED ON IDITAROD (B-4,5) TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS. COORDINATES GIVEN HERE ARE FOR MINE AT HEAD OF FLAT CREEK.; 0-5 MILES SOUTH OF FLAT.; ACCURATE WITHIN 1/4 MILE.

Comment (Deposit): DEEPLY WEATHERED MONZONITE STOCK AT HEAD OF FLAT CREEK CONSTITUTES A RESIDUAL PLACER, WHICH GRADES DOWNSTREAM INTO ALLUVIAL PLACERS AND THEN INTO BENCH AND STREAM PLACERS. BEST PAY IS 3-4 MI. ABOVE MOUTH. GOLD FROM BENCHES IS COARSER AND HIGHER GRADE THAN GOLD FROM CREEK GRAVEL. MERTIE (1936) REPORTED AVERAGE FINENESS OF 878 PARTS AU AND 114 PARTS AG.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., COMPILER, 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE IDITAROD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-363, SCALE 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1936, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 864-C, 115-245.

Reference (Deposit): COBB, E.H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL) IN THE IDITAROD AND OPHIR QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-576, 101 P.

Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., MILLER, M.L., LAIRD, G.M., AND BULL, K.F., 1992, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDITAROD MINING DISTRICT, IDITAROD B-4 AND EASTERN B-5 QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS PROFESSIONAL REPORT 97, 46 P., 2 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): SWAINBANK, R.C., BUNDTZEN, T.K., CLOUGH, A.H., HENNING, M.W., HANSEN, E.W., 1995, ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1994: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS, SPECIAL REPORT 49, 77 P.

Reference (Deposit): MILLER, M.L., BUNDTZEN, T.K., AND GRAY, J.E., 1996, MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE IDITAROD QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2219-B, SCALE 1:250,000, PAMPHLET (IN PRESS).

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-363-30

Reference (Deposit): MERTIE, J.B., JR., AND HARRINGTON, G.L., 1916, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION, IN BROOKS, A.H., AND OTHERS, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1915: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 642, P. 223-266.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P.S., 1917, THE LAKE CLARK-CENTRAL KUSKOKWIM REGION, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 655 , 162 P., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.

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