Minnie Creek

The Minnie Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Minnie Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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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

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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 = Considerable prospecting and some drifting were reported in the early 1900s, but water on bedrock made prospecting and drift mining difficult.

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = $1000 worth of gold reportedly produced by 1909.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed, 1938

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Minnie Creek was said to have been heavily prospected in the early 1900s, but water problems made reaching bedrock difficult and the early mining was not very successful (Reed, 1938). A shaft to bedrock in 1904 reportedly produced $500 of heavy 'shot' gold from a short drift before it was flooded. Drift mining was concentrated in a deep channel, although some gold was taken out at higher levels. No prospects were reported on the present channel or on a high channel, although several high benches indicate the presence of a high channel.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Heiner, L.E., and Wolff, E.N., eds., 1968, Mineral resources of northern Alaska, Final report, submitted to the NORTH Commission: Mineral Industry Research Laboratory, University of Alaska, Report 16, 306 p.

Reference (Deposit): Dillon, J.T., 1982, Source of lode and placer gold deposits of the Chandalar and upper Koyukuk Districts: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 158, 25 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, I.M., 1938, Upper Koyukuk region, Alaska (Wiseman, Chandalar, and Bettles): Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 194-7, 201 p

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).

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