The David Creek is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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David Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: David Creek
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Text: Development of silica-rich rocks in marble, silicification?
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hummel, 1975
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Hummel (1975) identified this occurrence as stratabound, sulfidized, silicified marble; additional information was not provided. Other stratabound mineralization in the area consists of copper-bearing, silica-rich rock in marble as at NM051, NM053, NM054, and NM055.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Carbonate-hosted, sulfide-bearing silica-rich rock.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = Carbonate
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Proterozoic, early Paleozoic, or mid-Cretaceous.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1975, Mineral deposits and occurrences, and associated altered rocks, in southwest Seward Peninsula, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-2, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.
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