The Healy Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Healy Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Healy Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Bonnifield
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1978 (OFR 78-1062)
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Upper Healy Creek drains an area underlain by Birch Creek Schist cut by Mesozoic to Tertiary granites. Lower Healy Creek drains Eocene to Miocene sandstone, claystone and subituminous coal (Wilson and others, 1998), unconformably overlain by gold-bearing Miocene gravels. The auriferous gravels are the likely source of placer gold in Healy Creek.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface only.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-394, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1062, 113 p.
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