The Montezuma Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Montezuma Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montezuma Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Marshall
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 (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hoare and Cobb, 1977
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some open-cut mine workings are expected to be present along Montezuma Creek.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Montezuma Creek is a small stream between Bobtail (RM009) and Buster Creeks (RM008). Although mining has been reported from as early as 1924 and intermittently until 1936 (Hoare and Cobb, 1977), little is known about the placer deposit or the mine workings. Hickok and McAtee (1990, p. 11) noted that reserves are expected on Montezuma Creek along and below old workings. The headwaters of Montezuma Creek trend toward the Kako lode gold prospect (RM007).
References
Reference (Deposit): Hickok, B., and McAtee, J., 1990, Lode gold occurrences near the Kako and Stuyahok placer mines, southwestern Alaska: Calista Corporation, Anchorage, unpublished report, 17 p.
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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