Dick Creek

The Dick Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Dick Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin
Secondary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Serpentine

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Sainsbury and others (1969) show 9,000 feet of placer workings in the headwater reaches of Dick Creek. However, because mining is also indicated near the mouth (locality TE070, Hudson, 1998) and because there is a long history of mining of this creek (including dredging, Cobb, 1975), the area of placer mine workings may be more extensive than that shown by Sainsbury and others (1969).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Sainsbury and others (1969) show 9,000 feet of placer workings along the channel of Dick Creek in its headwater reaches. This location is across the continental divide (about 1,140 feet high here) and about 2.3 miles north of the placer workings on Mascot Gulch (BN044). Because there is indication that placer mining took place near the mouth of Dick Creek (locality TE070, Hudson, 1998), the area of mining here may be more extensive than that shown by Sainsbury and others (1969). The presence of stream tin (cassiterite) in the gravels was reported in 1906 (Hess, 1906, p. 157) and mining took place at least by 1908 (Collier and others, 1908). Anderson (1947) reported that both scheelite and cassiterite were present in this drainage. Mining was continuous from 1927 to 1940 and included some dredging (Cobb, 1975, OFR 75-429). Some mining took place as recently as 1952 (Cobb, 1973, B 1374)). The character of the placer deposits has not been described but all mining appears to have been in the main channel and floodplain of Dick Creek; bench placers are apparently not present. Bedrock in the area is part of a Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Till and others, 1986).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1975 (OFR 75-429)

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

References

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-417, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.

Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Kachadoorian, Reuban, Hudson, Travis, Smith, T.E., Richards, T.R., and Todd, W.E., 1969, Reconnaissance geologic maps and sample data, Teller A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1, and Bendeleben A-6, B-6, C-6, D-5, and D-6 quadrangles. Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 377, 49 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Hess, F.L., 1906, The York tin region, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Report on progress of investigations of mineral resources in Alaska, 1905: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 284, p. 145-157.

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.

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