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Gertrude Creek

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10101025
MRDS ID A015493
Record type Site
Current site name Gertrude Creek
Related records 10233324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.49498, 65.53078 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 76. The Gertrude Creek mine tailings are east of Gertrude Creek downstream from the junction of Glen Gulch; approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Amy Dome and about 2 miles east of Livengood.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -148.49498, 65.53078
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold is found in shallow bench and creek placers. Bedrock at the mouth of the creek is metabasalt; in the middle of the creek, the bedrock is chert and silicified dolomite; and serpentinite bedrock is near the head (Eberlein, 1977, p. 64) Concentrates contain gold, magnetite, ilmenite, picotite and zircon (Mertie, 1918, p. 256).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Tolovana

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Shallow bench and creek placers were mined intermittently from 1915 to 1918 and from the 1930's to the 1960's (Eberlein, 1977, p. 64). No information on amount of production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Shallow bench and creek placers were mined intermittently from 1915 to 1918 and from the 1930's to the 1960's (Eberlein, 1977, p. 64). Overbeck (1920) reported that the bench at the mouth was hydraulicked and 12,000 feet of bedrock cleaned.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Eberlein and others, 1977

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

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