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Charlie Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003602
MRDS ID A106360
Record type Site
Current site name Charlie Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.1627, 60.44941 (WGS84)
Relative position Approximately 9.6 km N-NE of Mesa Mountain nearly 2.2 km upstream from the confluence an unnamed SW flowing tributary of the Chilchitna River. Locality 13 of Nelson and others (1985) and locality 16 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977). Sec. 10, T. 4 N., R. 34 W., of the Seward Meridian. Locality accurate within 1.6 km.

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 B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Lake Clark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mulchatna River(hydrologic unit)

Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Not applicable

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.1627, 60.44941
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Prospect, which includes fifteen placer gold claims, occurs at the contact of a sedimentary rocks and quartz monzonite. The sedimentary package includes: interbedded medium-gray, medium- to fine-grained lithic graywacke, silty sandstone, black shale, and local conglomerate (Nelson and others, 1983; unit KJs). The quartz monzonite is part of the numerous small intrusive bodies found in the central part of the Lake Clark 1:250,000 scale quadrangle mapped and identified by Eakins and others (1978). One of these plutons yielded a potassium-argon biotite age of 71.3 +/- 2.1 m.y. (Eakins and others, 1978).?
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

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 = Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Nelson and others, 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = None.

Reporter information

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

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