Unnamed (Hattie Creek)

The Unnamed (Hattie Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (Hattie Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Cretaceous dike is altered and iron-stained.

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1990

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In 1988 and 1989, Grateful Dog Mining investigated an igneous body using geochemical, magnetometer, and electromagnetic techniques, and also dug test pits and drilling it (Bundtzen and others, 1987, p. 8; Bundtzen and others, 1990, p. 12).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold-bearing intrusive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This prospect consists of a gold-bearing igneous body that has been mapped by Newberry and others (1996) as a Cretaceous altered dike. This map unit contains altered quartz porphyry, tonalite, granodiorite, and undifferentiated mafic dikes. Grateful Dog Mining investigated this igneous body by drilling and using geochemical and magnetometer techniques (Bundtzen and others, 1990, p. 12). These investigations resulted in the definition of anomalous thorium, niobium, tantalum, and rare-earth elements in stockwork-like fissures in metaplutonic(?) rocks of the area (Bundtzen and others, 1987, p. 8).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Newberry, R.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Clautice, K.C., Combellick, R.A., Douglas, T., Laird, G.M., Liss, S.A., Pinney, D.S., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Solie, D.N., 1996, Preliminary geologic map of the Fairbanks mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 96-16, 17 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Green, C.B., Deagen, J., and Daniels, C.L., 1987, Alaska's mineral industry, 1986: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 40, 68 p.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Deagen, J.R. and Moore, J.L., 1990, Alaska's mineral industry 1989: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 44, 100 p.

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