The Christmas Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Christmas Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Christmas Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyuk
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 (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer claims were staked during the 1900's, but Smith and Eakin (1911) report no activity on those claims as of 1909. There is no further information about placer gold on Christmas Creek.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The headwaters of Christmas Creek drain an area underlain by graywacke, shale, conglomerate, and grit of the Cretaceous Shaktolik Group (Cass, 1959). The lower portion of Christmas Creek is underlain by Cretaceous Ungalik conglomerate. The contact between the Shaktolik Group and Ungalik conglomerate was identified on aerial photographs (Cass, 1959). Placer claims were staked during the 1900's, but Smith and Eakin (1911) report no activity on those claims as of 1909. There is no further information about placer gold on Christmas Creek.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith and Eakin, 1911
References
Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S. and Eakin, H.M., 1911, Mineral resources of Alaska 1910: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480, 333 p..
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cass, J.T., 1959, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Norton Bay quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-286, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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