The Bonanza Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Bonanza Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kougarok
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith, 1909
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The occurrence of placer gold on Bonaza Creek is only known from Smith's early report on the Iron Creek region (1909, plate X).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Smith (1909, plate X) showed this part of Bonaza Creek to be an auriferous placer deposit, but subsequent reports have not mentioned it.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1909, The Iron Creek region, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, Report on progress of investigations in 1908: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379, p. 302-354.
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