Flat Creek

The Flat Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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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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