Grouse Creek

The Grouse Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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