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Summit Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002118
MRDS ID A013009
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.1966, 60.86333 (WGS84)
Relative position Locality is on an unnamed northwesterly flowing tributary of Summit Creek, about 4.7 km NNW of VABM Trail. Locality 2 of Nelson and others (1985) and the VABM Trail gold anomaly of Eakins and others (1978). SE1/4SW1/4 sec. 14, T. 9 N., R. 28 W., of the Seward Meridian. Accurate within 500 m.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake and Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Clark D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Lake Clark NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Clark C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mulchatna River(hydrologic unit)

Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Clark National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The dome complex has been locally sericitized, silicified, and contains gossan (Eakins and others, 1978).

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.1966, 60.86333
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Occurrence detected from pan concentrates only, no rock samples taken. ?Stream sediment samples yield up to 500 ppm Au, 30 ppm Ag, and 500 ppm Sn (Eakins and others, 1978). The nearby bedrock is composed of a rhyolite or dacite dome complex and quartz monzonite intrusions (?) that has been locally sericitized, silicified, and contains gossan (Eakins and others, 1978). ??
  • Age = Bedrock is Teriary to Cretaceous.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No production

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = No reserves

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Stream sediment samples yield up to 500 ppm Au, 30 ppm Ag, and 500 ppm Sn (Eakins and others, 1978).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Eakins and others, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Unknown
Deposit Other Comments = Site is in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-JUN-1998 M.L. Miller U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-JUN-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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