The Ptarmigan Creek (tributary of Birch Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Ptarmigan Creek (tributary of Birch Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ptarmigan Creek (tributary of Birch Creek)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Circle
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Menzie and others, 1983.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold placer deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Headwaters of Ptarmigan Creek are on the south slopes of Porcupine Dome. Bedrock underlying Ptarmigan Creek is the Upper Quartzite and Upper Schist units mapped by Wiltse and others (1995). The Upper Quartzite consists of porphyroblastic-albite-chlorite-muscovite-quartz schist, quartzites and micaceous quartzites. The Upper Schist is a mixed unit dominated by variably garnetiferous, pelitic quartz-muscovite schist, muscovite-quartz schist and chlorite-quartz-muscovite schist with distinct intervals of garnetiferous calcareous albite-porphyroblastic muscovite-chlorite schist. Sediments are said to contain large amounts of copper (Burand, 1965). Gold can be readily panned from the thin veneer of gravels on the bedrock in Ptarmigan Creek just upstream from its junction with Eagle Creek (Lampright, 1996, p. 75). Known years of activity are 1925, 1953, 1954 and 1969 through 1982 (Menzie and others, 1983, p. 51).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Known years of activity are 1925, 1953, 1954 and 1969 through 1982 (Menzie and others, 1983, p. 51).
References
Reference (Deposit): Menzie, W.D., Foster, H.L., Tripp, R.B., and Yeend, W.E., 1983, Mineral resource assessment of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-B, 61 p., 1 sheet, 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Lampright, R.L., 1996, Gold placer deposits near Fairbanks Alaska: Iron Fire Publications, Nederland, Colorado, 135 p.
Reference (Deposit): Burand, W.M., 1965, A geochemical investigation between Chatanika and Circle hot springs, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 5, 11 p.
Reference (Deposit): Wiltse, M.A., Reger, R.D., Newberry, R.J, Pessel, G.H., Pinney, D.S., Robinson, M.S., and Solie, D.N., 1995, Bedrock geologic map of the Circle mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 95-02b, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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