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Taylor Creek

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Tin
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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 10107539
MRDS ID A013459
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Creek
Related records 10112805

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.34278, 60.87938 (WGS84)
Relative position Taylor Creek is the main drainge on the southeast side of the Taylor Mountains. Taylor Creek flows east and north from headwaters 3.75 miles south of the highest peak (3,581 feet elevation) in the Taylor Mountains. Placer gold mining has occurred along at least the upper 3 miles of Taylor Creek, although prospects have been noted as far as 1.5 miles below the mouth of Fork Creek, a south tributary. The map site is at the principal mine buildings, in the NW1/4 of section 18, T 9 N, R 46 W, of the Seward Meridian. This is locality 11 of Cobb (1972 [MF 384]; 1976 [OF 76-606]).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taylor Mountains D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Taylor Mountains NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Taylor Mountains C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holitna River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite 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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.34278, 60.87938
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer gold mining has occurred along at least the upper 3 miles of Taylor Creek, although prospects have been noted as far as 1.5 miles below the mouth of Fork Creek, a south tributary (Cady and others, 1955, Plate 1). The alluvial gravels are about 10 feet thick, the paystreak is about 250 feet wide, and bedrock is mid-Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks of the Kuskokwim Group. The heavy-mineral concentrates contain cinnabar and cassiterite; pyrite is abundant in concentrates from below the mouth of Fork Creek (Cady and others, 1955, p. 119). Cady and others (1955) reported that the Taylor Creek mine had produced a total of $90,000 worth of gold (about 2,500 ounces), mainly in 1950 and 1951. The mine has been active at different times since Cady and others' report, including small-scale mining and prospecting through the 1990s (M. Henning, personal commun., 2000).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Cady and others (1955) reported that the Taylor Creek mine had produced a total of $90,000 worth of gold (about 2,500 ounces), mainly in 1950 and 1951.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Placer gold mining has occurred along at least the upper 3 miles of Taylor Creek although prospects have been noted as far as 1.5 miles below the mouth of Fork Creek, a south tributary (Cady and others, 1955, Plate 1). An airstrip, water ditch, and mine buildings are present. Taylor Creek has been explored for a distance of about 1.5 miles downstream of the mouth of Fork Creek. The mine has been active at different times since Cady and others' report, including small-scale mining and prospecting through the 1990s (M. Henning, personal commun., 2000).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Taylor Mountains quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-384, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountains quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cady and others, 1955

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 30-DEC-00 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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