Wild Bunch (on headwater tributary to Patterson Creek)

The Wild Bunch (on headwater tributary to Patterson Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Wild Bunch (on headwater tributary to Patterson Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairhaven

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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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

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Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Cretaceous ; Epigenetic mineralization in metamorphic rocks of Seward Peninsula is primarily of Cretaceous age. Some lode gold deposits on southern Seward Peninsula are mid-Cretaceous in age (see Midnight Mountain, BN047).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hudson and Wyman, 1983

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = There are no workings at this location. Only reconnaissance soil sampling has taken place here. Altar Resoures (P. O. Box 42831, Tuscon, AZ 85733) maintains an active claim block (Wild Bunch claims) covering the uplands to the north and south of Patterson Creek (Altar Resources, 1999).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Quartz-arsenopyrite veins in metasedimentary rocks ?

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Important placer gold deposits were developed on Patterson Creek (BN072) and on Candle Creek (BN074), above and below the mouth of Patterson Creek. Reconnaissance soil samples in the tundra-covered north headwaters of Patterson Creek (elevation 600 to 700 feet) contain anomalous arsenic and one sample contains 20 ppb gold (Hudson and Wyman, 1983). The gold-bearing sample contained 200 ppm As and two other samples from this area contained 115 ppm and greater than 1,000 ppm As. Bedrock is extensively covered by tundra but what is exposed in the area is part of a Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Till and others, 1986). A small granitic stock is exposed on the ridge south of upper Candle Creek (Till and others, 1986) and Sandvik (1956) notes that granitic rocks have been identified in the headwaters of Jump Creek and Minehaha Creek. Intermediate to felsic dikes and sills crosscutting metamorphic rocks have been exposed in placer workings along Candle Creek (BN074).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

References

Reference (Deposit): Altar Resources, 1999, Lode gold prospects, Alaska: Tucson, Ariz., unpublished company report, unpaginated.

Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Hudson, T.L., and Wyman, W. F., 1983, Interim report on areas of Seward Peninsula warranting further prospecting and evaluation: Anchorage, Anaconda Minerals Company internal report, 84 p., 7 plates. (Report held by Cook Inlet Region Inc., Anchorage, Alaska.)

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