The Bryan Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Bryan Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bryan Creek
Secondary: Dick Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Serpentine
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: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Open cut dozer operations dominated the work here.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908; Anderson, 1947
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Dick Creek is a north-flowing tibutary to Bryan Creek that has been placer mined for its gold content. Bryan Creek, the only placer mine in the Serpentine district, is almost all in the Bendeleben quadrangle. Only a small part of this mine, at the confluence of Dick Creek and Bryan Creek, may be in the Teller quadrandle. A dredge may have worked on the creek early on but most of the mining has been by dozer and sluice methods. Cassiterite and scheelite are reported from concentrates.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Not defined; most of lower Dick Creek has been mined.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Not known
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial Au placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
References
Reference (Deposit): Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.
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