The Flat Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Flat Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flat Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Circle
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Brooks, 1915
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Prospecting along Flat Creek first began in 1915, and some gold was found (Brooks, 1915).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Flat Creek was reported as a placer gold prospect in 1915 by Brooks (1915). The bedrock in the upper half of Flat Creek is Precambrian or Paleozoic, medium- to high-grade pelitic schist; the lower half is underlain by Cretaceous to Tertiary sedimentary rocks (Dover and Miyaoka, 1988). The likely source of gold in other creeks in the area (Fourth of July Creek (CY015), Coal Creek (CY006), and Woodchopper Creek (CY038)) is the Tertiary conglomerate (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-632]).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary - Quaternary.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1915, Mineral resources of Alaska in 1914: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622, 238 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Charley River and Coleen quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-632, 45 p.
Reference (Deposit): Dover, J.A., and Miyaoka, R.T., 1988, Reinterpreted geologic map and fossil data, Charley River quadrangle, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2004, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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