The Sonora Creek Ridge is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Sonora Creek Ridge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sonora Creek Ridge
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Goodpaster
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A regional stream sediment sampling program identified gold, arsenic, and tungsten anomalies in the nearby Liese Creek and Pogo Creek in 1981. From 1991 to 1998, the exploration program of the claim block has drilled a total of 171,859 feet of drilling and collected 9,641 core samples and 5,508 geochemistry samples (M. Smith, oral communication, 1999). During the 1998 field season, a rock sample collected from Sonora Creek Ridge contained 3 ounces/ton Au. The exploration program of the claim block identified an 8 mile long trend of anomalous soil geochemistry extending from the Pogo deposit to the southeast (Teck Resources Inc., unpublished report, 1998).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Sonora Creek Ridge is part of the Pogo project, a joint venture of Teck Corporation, Sumitomo Metal Mining, and Sumitomo Corporation. The Teck Corporation is the principal operator of the project and can earn a 40% interest in the property.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Teck Resources, 1998
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Plutonic-related mesothermal
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Sonora Creek Ridge prospect is part of a 72-square-mile claim block that includes the Pogo deposit (BD033) and parts of Central Creek (BD011). The regional bedrock is composed of high grade gneisses intruded by Cretaceous granitic bodies. The area is predominantly cut by northwest-trending, high-angle faults. However, there are other high angle faults with various orientations (Smith, 1998). To the north, the region is intruded by the Cretaceous Goodpaster Batholith (Teck Resources Inc., unpublished report, 1998). . A regional stream-sediment sampling program identified gold, arsenic, and tungsten anomalies at nearby Liese Creek and Pogo Creek in 1981. From 1991 to 1998, exploration of the claim block has included a total of 171,859 feet of drilling and collected 9,641 core samples and 5,508 geochemistry samples (M. Smith, oral communication, 1999). A rock sample collected during the 1998 field season from Sonora Creek Ridge contained 3 ounces/ton Au. The exploration program of the claim block identified an 8-mile-long trend of anomalous soil geochemistry extending from the Pogo deposit to the southeast (Teck Resources Inc., unpublished report, 1998).
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Eberlein, G.D., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Big Delta and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1086, 77 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-388, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Smith, Moira, 1999, Gold mineralization on the Pogo claims, east-central Alaska [abs.], in Cordilleran Exploration Roundup Proceedings: Vancouver, British Columbia, 16th Cordilleran Exploration Roundup, p. 73.
Reference (Deposit): Smith, Moira, 1998, 1998 Exploration update on the Pogo property, Goodpaster River district, Alaska [abs.], in Mining, Alaska's State and Native Lands: Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Miners Association, 1998 Proceedings, p. 65.
Reference (Deposit): Teck Resources Inc., 1998, Pogo project advanced exploration program, Stage II application and plan of operations: Teck Resources Inc. report, 75 p.
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