The Deep Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Deep Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deep Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Innoko
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 (Geology): Age = Quaternary. The source of the gold at Deep Creek may be a Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite pluton near its headwaters (Bundtzen and others, 1987).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Between 1916 and 1920, 276 ounces of gold and 23 ounces of silver were mined from Deep Creek (T. Bundtzen, written commun., 1987).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This record
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The bedrock in the vicinity of Deep Creek consists of volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks, chert, and argillite (Chapman and others, 1985). A Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite pluton that underlies the headwaters of nearby Esperanto (OP008) and Eldorado creeks (OP007) may extend to the headwaters of Deep Creek. The monzonite contains large feldspar phenocrysts and quartz stockwork veins. At the surface, it is heavily weathered to quartz and feldspar (S. Dashevsky, written commun., 2000). Between 1916 and 1920, 276 ounces of gold and 23 ounces of silver were mined from Deep Creek (T. Bundtzen, 1987, written commun., 1987).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active?
References
Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., Patton, W.W., and Moll, E.J., 1985, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-203, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.
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