Gunnison Creek

The Gunnison Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Gunnison Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Rampart

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

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Some prospecting and mining was reported near the mouth of the creek in 1904, 1918 and in the late 1950's, but the amount of production is unknown (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633, p. 84; Eberlein and others, 1977, p. 65).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer mining was reported in 1904 and 1918 in stream placers near the mouth of the creek; mining may have been carried on in a few other years (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633, p. 84). A concentrate sample contained magnetite, ilmenite, picotite, zircon, scheelite, garnet, gold, pyrite, rutile and other nonmetallic minerals (Waters, 1934). Gunnison Creek drains a contact zone between granitic rock and quartzite, phyllite, slate, and chert (Eberlein and others, 1977, p. 65).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer mining was reported in 1904 and 1918 in stream placers near the mouth of the creek; mining may have been carried on in a few other years (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633, p. 84). Some prospecting and mining was reported near the mouth of the creek in the late 1950's (Eberlein and others, 1977, p. 65).

References

Reference (Deposit): Joesting, H. R., 1942, Strategic mineral occurrences in interior Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet no. 1, 50 p.

Reference (Deposit): Waters, A.E., 1934, Placer concentrates of the Rampart and Hot Springs district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 844-D, p. 227-246.

Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1934, Mineral deposits of the Rampart and Hot Springs districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 844-D, p. 163-226.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.

Reference (Deposit): Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52.

Reference (Deposit): Overbeck, R M., 1920, Placer mining in the Tolovana district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712, p. 177-184.

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 Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1975, Mineral resources of Alaska, in Yount, M.E., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Program, 1975: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 722, p. 37.

Reference (Deposit): Joesting, H.R., 1942, Strategic mineral occurences in interior Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 1, 46 p.

Reference (Deposit): Hess, F.L., 1908, Placers of the Rampart region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 337, p. 64-98.

Reference (Deposit): Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M. and Hess, F.L., 1906, The Rampart gold placer region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 280, 54 p.

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