Hot Springs Creek

The Hot Springs Creek is a uranium, ree, thorium, and tungsten mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hot Springs Creek

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: REE
Primary: Thorium
Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Circle

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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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: Scheelite
Ore: Sphene
Ore: Zircon

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976, OFR 76-633.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The headwaters of Hot Springs Creek drain an area underlain by Tertiary granite. The granite is light gray biotite-hornblende-tourmaline monzogranite to syenogranite (Wiltse and others, 1995). Uranium- and/or thorium-bearing allanite, sphene and zircon, and scheelite were found in placer concentrate samples (Cobb, 1976, [OFR 76-633]). Houston International reportedly tested sedimentary uranium in Tertiary sediments near Circle Hot Springs in 1980. This site is a U/Th-W-REE geochemical anomaly.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Uraniferous allanite

References

Reference (Deposit): Menzie, W.D., Foster, H.L., Tripp, R.B., and Yeend, W.E., 1983, Mineral resource assessment of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-B, 61 p., 1 sheet, 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Bates, R.G. and Wedow, H. Jr., 1953, Preliminary summary review of thorium-bearing mineral occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 202, 13 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Misc. Field Studies Map MF-391, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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

Reference (Deposit): Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., Killeen, P. L., and others, 1954, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in eastern interior Alaska, 1946: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 331, 36 p.

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