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Henry Creek (including Merrit Gulch)

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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10107531
MRDS ID A012704
Record type Site
Current site name Henry Creek (including Merrit Gulch)
Related records 10160028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -164.83034, 65.65432 (WGS84)
Relative position Henry Creek is a major west tributary to Kougarok River. The mouth of Henry Creek is 2 miles south of Taylor. Sainsbury and others (1969) show placer mine workings to be at two locations on this drainage. The first is a 1,500 foot-long segment of the active channel and an adjacent gulch on the north side that starts 4,000 feet upstream of the mouth. The second is another 1,500 foot-long segment of the active channel that starts 7,000 feet above the mouth. This is locality 29 of Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; OFR 75-429). Cobb (1975; OFR 75-429) notes that placer mining has taken place on Merrit Gulch, an unidentified location in Henry Creek valley.

Site location context

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Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

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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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Calc-Silicate Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -164.83034, 65.65432
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold was identified in Henry Creek gravels as early as 1901 (Collier, 1902) and some sporadic mining activity was noted up to 1937 (Smith, 1939, B 910A). Sainsbury and others (1969) show placer mine workings to be at two locations on this drainage. The first is a 1,500 foot-long segment of the active channel and an adjacent gulch on the north side that starts 4,000 feet upstream of the mouth. The second is another 1,500 foot-long segment of the active channel that starts 7,000 feet above the mouth. The gold recovered from early work was reported to be relatively coarse and flat (Collier and others, 1908). Bedrock of the area is extensively coverd by tundra, but upland exposures are primarily Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Till and others, 1986). A report of schist bedrock with enclosed greenstone bodies (Collier and others, 1908) refers to the mafic metavolcanic assemblage in the headwater areas of Henry Creek (Sainsbury and others, 1969; Till and others, 1986).
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kougarok

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Sainsbury and others (1969) show placer mine workings to be at two locations on this drainage. The first is a 1,500 foot-long segment of the active channel and an adjacent gulch on the north side that starts 4,000 feet upstream of the mouth. The second is another 1,500 foot-long segment of the active channel that starts 7,000 feet above the mouth.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-1999 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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