The Upper Quartz Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Upper Quartz Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upper Quartz Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: Past Producer
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 (Reference): Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1969
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial Au placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Not defined
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer mining, probably open-cut and/or hydraulic operations, took place along 0.4 miles of the main drainage at surface elevations of 595 to 640 feet. This is just below the headwater fork, 1 mile upstream from the confluence with Gold Run.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bedrock in this drainage is a chlorite schist assemblage with local metamorphosed mafic intrusive bodies (Sainsbury, 1972). The age of this assemblage is not known but it is probably Paleozoic. Sainsbury and others (1969) show the location of placer mining operations to be along 0.4 miles of the main drainage at surface elevations of 595 to 640 feet. This is just below the headwater fork, 1 mile upstream from the confluence with Gold Run. The character of this placer deposit has not been described.
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Not reported
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-587, 130 p.
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Geologic map of the Teller quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-685, 4 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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.
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Kachadoorian, Reuban, Hudson, Travis, Smith, T.E., Richards, T.R., and Todd, W.E., 1969, Reconnaissance geologic maps and sample data, Teller A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1, and Bendeleben A-6, B-6, C-6, D-5, and D-6 quadrangles. Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 377, 49 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
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