The Excelsior Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Excelsior Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Excelsior Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chistochina
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 (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A small placer operation was noted in this area by Mendenhall and Schrader (1903) but apparently there has been no activity since.
Comment (Geology): Age = Holocene placer.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mendenhall and Schrader, 1903
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Country rock in the area is mostly volcanic rocks of the Pennsylvanian to Permian, Tetelna Formation. Placer deposits were found in the region in the early 1900's shortly after the discoveries of gold at Slate Creek, Miller Gulch, and other creeks in the Chistochina placer district. Nothing else is known of the deposits which are probably of the river-bar type.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Mendenhall, W.C., and Schrader, F.C., 1903, The mineral resources of the Mount Wrangell district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 15, 71 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1247, 36 p.
Reference (Deposit): Mulligan, J.J., 1974, Mineral resources of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline corridor: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8626, 24 p.
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