Tolstoi Creek

The Tolstoi Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Tolstoi Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Innoko

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 (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A placer gold strike on Tolstoi Creek during the winter of 1915 - 1916 was reported by Mertie and Harrington (1916). This reference may instead apply to tributaries of Tolstoi Creek. In 1989, the Tolstoi Mining Co. sampled Tolstoi Creek for placer platinum (Bundtzen and others, 1990). Also see OP007, OP008 - OP011, and OP013.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The rocks in the vicinity of Tolstoi Creek are volcanic, but Madison Creek, a tributary of Tolstoi Creek, drains a large Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite intrusive body (Chapman and others, 1985). The monzonite is heavily weathered and contains feldspar phenocrysts (Mertie, 1936; S. Dashevsky, unpublished data, 2000). A placer gold strike on Tolstoi Creek during the winter of 1915 - 1916 was reported by Mertie and Harrington (1916). This reference may instead apply to tributaries of Tolstoi Creek. In 1989, the Tolstoi Mining Co. sampled Tolstoi Creek for placer platinum (Bundtzen and others, 1990). Also see OP007, 008-011, and 013.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mertie and Harrington, 1916

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

References

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Green, C.B., Deagen, J., and Daniels, C.L., 1987, Alaska's mineral industry, 1986: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 40, 68 p.

Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., Patton, W.W., and Moll, E.J., 1985, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-203, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Deagen, J.R. and Moore, J.L., 1990, Alaska's mineral industry 1989: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 44, 100 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.

Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., and Harrington, G.L., 1916, Mineral resources of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral Resources of Alaska, Report on Progress of Investigations in 1915: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 642, p. 223-266.

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