The Rock Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Rock Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rock Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chandalar
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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 = Reed, 1930, (MR 31-4)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Reed (1930, MR 31-4, p. 10) noted that encouraging prospects had been found in the early 1900s but that no mining had occurred and no prospecting was taking place at the time of his investigation. The area of Rock Creek is mapped as quartz-muscovite schist (Brosgi and Reiser, 1964). No other information is available.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Reed, I.M., 1930, Report on the Little Squaw area of the Chandalar mining district: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 31-4, 18 p.
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