The Grouse Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Grouse Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grouse 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: Prospect
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 (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Grouse Creek was prospected in 1906 (Brooks, 1907).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Brooks, 1907
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Brooks reported gold prospects along Grouse Creek in 1906 (1907). It may now be called Moore Creek (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-632]). The bedrock geology in the Moore Creek area is composed of Upper Devonian(?) conglomerate, which contains pebble- to boulder-size clasts of quartzite and multicolored chert, as well as interbedded quartz-chert-arenite and wacke. This unit has been mapped as the Step Conglomerate (Dover and Miyaoka, 1988).
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 = Quaternary
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., 1913, A geologic reconnaissance of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 538, 82 p.
Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1907, The Alaskan mining industry in 1906: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314, p. 19-39.
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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