Gold Creek

The Gold Creek is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Creek
Secondary: Eagle Bluff

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek

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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Text: Alteration consists of narrow phyllic and silicified zones.

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Balen and others, 1991

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface exploration only.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of this prospect are Eocene(?) granodiorite and Lower Cretaceous to Upper Jurassic metamorphosed turbidites (Wilson and others, 1998). The prospect has been described as a silicified fault zone containing chalcopyrite, molybdenite, and arsenopyrite(?). Rock chip samples contain 0.25 ounce of gold per ton, 0.57% copper, 71 ppm molybdenum, and high values of bismuth and silver (Balen, 1991).

Comment (Deposit): Model Number = 22c, 36a

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins or low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c, 36a)

Comment (Geology): Age = Early Tertiary.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., and others, 1991, Executive summary of the Bureau of Mines investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication, 43 p.

Reference (Deposit): Kurtak, J.M., Southworth, D.D., Balen, M.D., and Clautice, K.H., 1992, Mineral investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-92, 659 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.

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