The Lower Cache Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Lower Cache Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lower Cache Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Yentna
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 (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith, 1938
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The drainage has been prospected and mined by various small scale surface methods.
Comment (Geology): Age = Pleistocene.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = No data on possible production; see Upper Cache Creek (TL029).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Undetermined.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Smith (1938) reports bench placers overlie old stream terraces cut in glacial till in lower Cache Creek. Bedrock is probably continentally derived Tertiary sedimentary strata of the Tyonek (?) Formation (Tts) overlain by glacial drift (Qn) (Reed and Nelson, 1980). A northeast-striking, high angle normal fault is mapped crossing Cache Creek about one mile upstream from this site (Reed and Nelson, 1980). No other published descriptive information is available. No data is available on possible production. ? Also see Upper Cache Creek (TL029).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
References
Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1938, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1936: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-A, p. 1-107.
Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., Nelson, S.W., Curtin, G.C., and Singer, D.A., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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.
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