Dominion Creek

The Dominion Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Dominion Creek
Secondary: Warren Pup

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Innoko

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Smith (1942) reports prospecting on Dominion Creek by deep shafts. These shafts were being dug by 1940. In 1950, John Aho was mining the upper portion of Dominion Creek using a bulldozer and hydraulic equipment (Fowler, 1950).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Fowler, 1950

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The bedrock in the vicinity of Dominion Creek consists mostly of chert, argillite, and volcaniclastic rocks. The headwaters of Dominion Creek drain a Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite pluton, and Warren Pup drains a monzonite pluton underlying the area of hill 2636 (Warner) (Chapman and others, 1985). These plutons probably are the source of the gold in Dominion Creek (Bundtzen and others, 1987). Smith (1942) reports prospecting on Dominion Creek by deep shafts. These shafts were being dug by 1940, and mining along Dominion Creek continued until at least 1950 (Fowler, 1950). Warren Pup contains placer mine tailings from pre-1950's mining (T.K. Bundtzen, oral commun., 2001).

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary. The headwaters of Dominion Creek drain Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite plutons that probably are the source of the gold in Dominion Creek (Bundtzen and others, 1987).

References

Reference (Deposit): Fowler, H.M., 1950, Report of investigations in the Innoko, Nulato, Bethel, Goodnews Bay, Wasilla, Chisana, and Ketchikan mining districts: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Itinerary Report 195-7, 13 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): 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): Smith, P.S., 1942, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1940: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 933-A, p. 1-102.

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.

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