Texas Creek

The Texas Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Texas Creek  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 61.73, -151.09000

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Texas Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Texas Creek
Secondary: Beluga Mountain


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Alaska
District: Yentna


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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 (Deposit): Other Comments = Referred to as Beluga Mountain by Smith, 1934.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith, 1934

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Glacio-fluvial deposits of probably Tertiary age contain fine gold, probably reconcentrated from glacial deposits, although some may be from bedrock sources. Smith (1934, p. 31-32; 1936, p. 33) reported that gold is found in blue clay false bedrock along stream benches and that the placer is difficult to mine because of numerous glacial boulders. The gold tenor is low (Cobb,1973, B1374, p. 23).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Explored by a shallow 200 foot trench cut in 1933.


References

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1934, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1933: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-A, p. 1-94.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1936, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 868-A, p. 1-91.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Tyonek quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-385, 1:250,000 scale.

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

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1998, Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), Talkeetna Quadrangle: Worldwide Web URL http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.html.
URL: http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.htm

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than minerals fuels and construction materials) in the Kenai and Tyonek Quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-86, 36 p.


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