The Clearwater Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Clearwater Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clearwater Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: McGrath
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Shoreline placer Ti
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer gold was noted in Clearwater Creek during the early 20th Century (Brown, 1926; Andrews, 1978). Anomalous gold in stream sediments was noted during AMRAP investigation (King and others, 1983). The placer gold occurrence is found in a second order stream near its intersection with a third order trunk of Clearwater Creek.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Andrews, 1978
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 39c)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): King, H.D., Tripp, R.B., O'Leary, R.M., and Cooley, E.F., 1983, Distribution and abundance of copper, lead, and zinc in nonmagnetic and moderately magnetic heavy-mineral- concentrate, minus-80-mesh stream-sediment, and ash of aquatic-bryophyte samples, Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811-I, 6 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Brown, J.S., 1926, The Nixon Fork country: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783. p. 97-144.
Reference (Deposit): Andrews, Tom, 1978, Summary of Progress, Doyon Project, Mystery Mountains, (Block 10): Anchorage, Alaska, WGM Inc., 24 pages (Held by Doyon Ltd., as proprietary report 78-42).
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