Village Creek

The Village Creek is a tin mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Village Creek

Commodity

Primary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Port Clarence

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: Alluvial placer Sn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cassiterite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Eight USBM churn-drill holes (Heide and Sanford, 1948).

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Heide and Sanford, 1948; Mulligan, 1966 .

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Village Creek drains the northwest uplands of the Cape Mountain granite stock (Hudson and Arth, 1983). Eight USBM churn-drill holes (Heide and Sanford, 1948) define one area where average tin grades are 0.1 lb. Sn per cubic yard (Mulligan, 1966, p. 19). This area is located where the stream gradient decreases as the drainage passes from steeper uplands to the coastal lowlands. Beach sands with shells are described in churn-drill holes at an elevation of 43 feet (Mulligan, 1966, p. 18). The tin in this drainage is present in small amounts compared to others peripheral to Cape Mountain known to be associated with significant lode tin deposits (Mulligan, 1966, p. 19-21).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial tin placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39e)

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Hudson, T.L., and Arth, J. G., 1983, Tin-granites of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, p. 768-790.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

Reference (Deposit): Mulligan, J.J., 1966, Tin-lode investigations, Cape Mountain area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska; with a section on petrography by W. L. Gnagy: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6737, 43 p.

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1907, The Alaskan mining industry in 1906: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314, p. 19-39.

Reference (Deposit): Heide, H.E., Wright, W.S., and Sanford, R.S., 1946, Exploration of Cape Mountain lode-tin deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 3978, 16 p.

Reference (Deposit): Heide, H.E., and Sanford, R.S., 1948, Churn drilling at Cape Mountain tin placer deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 4345. 14 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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