Clearwater Creek

The Clearwater Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Clearwater Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: McGrath

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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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

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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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