The Unnamed (head of Barnum Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (head of Barnum Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (head of Barnum Creek)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Palladium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Goodnews Bay
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 (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This unnamed creek and its headwater tributaries drain the southeast flank of Nagotligageivik Mountain. Fechner (1988) collected four placer samples in the upper part of the drainage. They contained 0.0002 to 0.0010 ounce of gold per cubic yard, and heavy-mineral concentrate from one sample contained Pt and Pd values (Fechner, 1988, p. 60). The gold fineness ranged from 424 to 816. A reconnaissance of the nearby mountain found only barren chert. The gold may be reworked from glacial deposits.
Comment (Geology): Age = Holocene.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Fechner, 1988
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance stream-sediment and some rock sampling has been done in the headwaters of this drainage (Fechner, 1988).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Fechner, S.A., 1988, Bureau of Mines mineral investigation of the Goodnews Bay mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-88, 230 p.
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