Robin Creek

The Robin Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Robin Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Aniak

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Maddren, 1915

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer claims have been staked and some exploration is assumed to have taken place on Robin Creek.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Robin Creek is one of the drainages that heads on Marvel Dome, where an Upper Cretaceous granitic stock is surrouded by hornfels in sedimentary rocks of the mid-Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group (Box and others, 1993). Quartz veins, without obvious metallic minerals, are present in bedrock near its head (Maddren, 1915, p. 338). A small glacier occupied the upper part of Robin Creek valley and outwash deposits, including many boulders 1 to 5 feet in diameter, fill the lower part of the valley (Maddren, 1915, p. 338). The outwash deposits are incised by the present stream. Placer claims have been staked on Robin Creek, but the presence of placer gold has not been verified.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Box, S.E, Moll-Stalcup, E.J., Frost, T.P., and Murphy, J.M., 1993, Preliminary geologic map of the Bethel and southern Russian Mission quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2226-A, 20 p., scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Maddren, A.G., 1915, Gold placers of the lower Kuskokwim with a note on copper in the Russian Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-H, p. 292-360.

Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.

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