The Happy Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Happy Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Happy Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Iditarod
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: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Monazite
Gangue: Zircon
Comments
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Mined intermittently 1910-84; produced >75,000 oz. Au
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer: residual, eluvial, stream, bench
Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary/Quaternary
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient 3% at mouth, 7% at head.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1992
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Weathered monzonite constitutes a residual placer which grades into an alluvial placer and then into stream and bench placers. Concentrates contain zircon, chromite, ferberite, amalgam, monazite, & trace cassiterite in addition to ore minerals mentioned above (White & Killeen, 1953).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface and underground (drifting was attempted in the early years, but failed due to thawed ground).
References
Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Miller, M.L., Laird, G.M., and Bull, K.F., 1992, Geology and mineral resources of Iditarod mining district, Iditarod B-4 and eastern B-5 quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 97, 46 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Iditarod quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-363, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.
Reference (Deposit): White, M.G., and Killeen, P.L., 1953, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in the lower Yukon-Kuskokwim highlands region, Alaska, 1947: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 255, 18 p.
Reference (Deposit): Miller, M.L., Bundtzen, T.K., Keith, W.J., Bailey, E.A., Bickerstaff, Damon, 1996, Geology and mineral resources of the Stuyahok area, part of Holy Cross A-4 and A-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-505-A, 30 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.
Reference (Deposit): Maloney , R.P., 1962, Trenching and sampling of the Rhyolite mercury prospect, Kuskokwim River basin, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6141, 43 p.
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