The Dan Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Dan Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dan Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nizina
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: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = A little fine gold can be panned from practically all the streams draining the north flank of the Chugach Mountains.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: Surface and underground. Mostly small-scale hand and open-cut hydraulic methods; some drift mining.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer: bench & stream placers, and some ancient channel
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit and Capps, 1911
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Stream gravels 8 to 12 ft deep; gold on bedrock and lower 2 ft of gravel and in top 1 ft of rippable shale bedrock; bench placers mined to lesser extent. In 1939 a 3 ton copper nugget was found on Dan Creek
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Smith, J.G., 1972, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-4 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-943, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., and Capps, S.R., 1911, Geology and mineral resources of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 448, 111 p.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1974, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-5 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1146, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
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