The Yellow Pup Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Yellow Pup Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Pup Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-662)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary placer.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The headwaters of Yellow Pup Creek lie within Fairbanks Schist, which is composed of amphibolite, biotite schist, quartz schist, and marble. The rocks near the lower part of the creek consist of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist of the Fairbanks Schist (Newberry and others, 1996). Placer gold was mined near the confluence of Pearl Creek and Yellow Pup Creek from 1911 to 1914 and from 1938 to 1940 (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-662, p. 109]). The placer mine shown on the Fairbanks (D-1) NW topographic map farther upstream on Yellow Pup Creek has been active in recent years.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Production): Production Notes = No information is available on the production.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer gold was mined near the confluence of Pearl Creek and Yellow Pup Creek from 1911 to 1914 and from 1938 to 1940 (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-662, p. 109]). The placer mine shown on the Fairbanks (D-1) NW quadrangle farther upstream on Yellow Pup Creek indicate that mining has occurred in recent years.
References
Reference (Deposit): Newberry, R.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Clautice, K.C., Combellick, R.A., Douglas, T., Laird, G.M., Liss, S.A., Pinney, D.S., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Solie, D.N., 1996, Preliminary geologic map of the Fairbanks mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 96-16, 17 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p.
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