Skookum Creek

The Skookum Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Skookum Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Port Clarence

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

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1969

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Not defined

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Sainsbury and others (1969) mapped the location of placer mining operations to be on the lower 0.4 miles of the main drainage (between surface elevations of about 245 and 375 feet) and continuing downstream along the main drainage of the North Fork Bluestone River for another 0.4 miles (between surface elevations of about 240 and 245 feet). These were all probably non-float operations.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bedrock in the lower part of Skookum Creek is a metapelitic schist assemblage (Sainsbury, 1972). This assemblage may be in high-angle fault contact with chlorite schist and related rocks that make up bedrock in the upper part of the drainage. Both of these assemblages have local metamorphosed mafic intrusive bodies and both are of unknown but probable Paleozoic age. Sainsbury and others (1969) mapped the location of placer mining operations to be on the lower 0.4 miles of the main drainage (between surface elevations of about 245 and 375 feet) and continuing downstream along the main drainage of the North Fork Bluestone River for another 0.4 miles (between surface elevations of about 240 and 245 feet). Gold is reported to be present on benches as well as on the main drainage of Right Fork Bluestone River (Cobb, 1975). The placer deposits here have not been described. Sainsbury and others (1969) report anomalous mercury contents in stream sediments of North Fork Bluestone River upstream of the confluence with Skookum Creek.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Not known

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial Au placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-587, 130 p.

Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Kachadoorian, Reuban, Hudson, Travis, Smith, T.E., Richards, T.R., and Todd, W.E., 1969, Reconnaissance geologic maps and sample data, Teller A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1, and Bendeleben A-6, B-6, C-6, D-5, and D-6 quadrangles. Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 377, 49 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Geologic map of the Teller quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-685, 4 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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