Trail Creek (tributary to Arolik River)

The Trail Creek (tributary to Arolik River) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Trail Creek (tributary to Arolik River)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bethel

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Harrington (1921, p. 221) reported that some gold placer mining had been done on Trail Creek before 1919. This mining is assumed to have occurred along the segment of Trail Creek between Butte Creek (GO033) and Kowkow Creek (GO031), two significant gold producers in this non-glaciated part of the Faro Creek drainage. No other information is available for this deposit. Uplands in the Trail Creek drainage are underlain by Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks intruded by Jurassic mafic and ultramafic plutons (Hoare and Coonrad, 1978).

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

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Harrington, 1921

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Harrington, G.L., 1921, Mineral resources of the Goodnews Bay region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 714-E, p. 207-228.

Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.

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