Russel Creek

The Russel Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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Rocks

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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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