Slate Creek (tributary to Grave Creek)

The Slate Creek (tributary to Grave Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Slate Creek (tributary to Grave Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chandalar

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Three(?) claims were located on the creek, but there is no description of any work which may have been done.

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed, 1930, (MR 31-4)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Reed (1930, MR 31-4, p. 11) reported that very encouraging prospects had reportedly been found on Slate Creek in the early 1900s. No other information is available. The creek drains an area mapped as Devonian black slate, phyllite and phyllitic siltstone, and muscovite schist and chloritized amphibole schist (Brosgi and Reiser, 1964).

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

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Alaska Kardex No. 031-094 (Kardex is a card file mining claim information system located at the State of Alaska DNR Public Information Center in Fairbanks).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Not determined

References

Reference (Deposit): Maas, K.M., 1987, Maps summarizing land availability for mineral exploration and development in northern Alaska, 1986: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 10-87, 33 quadrangle overlays.

Reference (Deposit): Maas, K.M., 1987, Maps summarizing land availability for mineral exploration and development in northern Alaska, 1986: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 10-87, 33 sheets.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, I.M., 1930, Report on the Little Squaw area of the Chandalar mining district: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 31-4, 18 p.

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