The Russel Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Russel Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Russel Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
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 (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Russel Creek was reported as being named by a prospector in 1900 (Orth, 1967).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Russel Creek is a short and fairly steep creek between Monument Creek (NM172) and Sunset Creek (NM173), west tributaries to Snake River. One claim was located and patented (U.S. Mineral Survey No. 757) where the stream gradient decreases to approximate that of the Snake River valley. It is at an elevation of about 75 feet; placer deposit development here could have been influenced by Quaternary sea-level changes and related coastal processes.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 39a).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This report
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Orth, D.J., 1967, Dictionary of Alaska place names: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 567, 1,084 p. (Reprinted in 1971 with minor revisions.)
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