Christmas Creek

The Christmas Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Christmas Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Koyuk

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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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

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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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