The Edgar Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Edgar Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Edgar Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Marshall
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Claims were staked on this prospect by 1916, and some surface excavations are probably present.
Comment (Geology): Age = Cretaceous or younger. Veins crosscut Carboniferous to Cretaceous rocks of the Gemuk Group (Hoare and Coonrad, 1959).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Harrington, 1918
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Harrington (1918) reported that free-milling gold in quartz veins was discovered near the head of Edgar Creek. Claims were staked on these veins, but other information about them is not available. Hoare and Coonrad (1959) show a prospect symbol at this location and interpret the country rocks as Paleozoic to Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic strata of the Gemuk Group.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1959, Geology of the Russion Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-292, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.
Reference (Deposit): Harrington, G.L., 1918, The Anvik-Andreafsky region, Alaska (including the Marshall district): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 683, 70 p.
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, scale 1:250,000.
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