Kapon Creek

The Kapon Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,801 feet.

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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: Kapon Creek
Secondary: Kapon Creek Discovery
Secondary: Kapon Creek No. 2 Above Discovery

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): HEADWATER TRIBUTARY OF EEK RIVER. SLATE AND CONGLOMERATE BEDROCK CUT BY GRANITIC INTRUSIVES. A LITTLE MINING IN 1914-15. THE REPROT OF GRANITIC INTRUSIVES ROCKS ON KAPON CREEK IS PROBABLY BASED ON ERR0NEOUS HEARSAY BECAUSE MADDREN NEVER SAW THE CREEK AND I SAW NO GRANITIC ROCKS WHEN I MAPPED THE AREA. HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME RYOLITE AND DIABASE DIKES AND SILLS. THE ROCKS AND THE ASSOCIATION OF GOLD AND CINNABAR ON KAPON CREEK ARE SIMILAR TO ARSENIC CREEK. THE COURSE OF KAPON CREEK IS PROBABLY FAULT-CONTROLLED BECAUSE 1) THE STREAM IS UNUSUALLY STRAIGHT, 2) IT CUTS ACROSS THE BEDDING WHICH STRIKES NORTH-EAST AND DIP CONSISTENTLY SOUTHEAST, AND 3) IT IS ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE UPPER PART OF KWETHLUK VALLEY WHICH IS DEVELOPED ALONG THE TRAIL CREEK FAULT . (HOARE)0

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 091-021

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 67

Reference (Deposit): B622p p. 357

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 68

Reference (Deposit): MF455

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 29

Reference (Deposit): B1374 p. 48

Reference (Deposit): OF77-156

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