Unnamed (head of Martin Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10307242
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (head of Martin Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.44252, 60.85556 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is on the south end of the smaller of two lakes at the head of Martin Creek. It is at an elevation of about 4,850 feet in the SW 1/4 section 5, T 12 S, R 17 E, of the Copper River Meridian. It is locality 2 of Cobb (1972 [MF 373]; 1979 [OF 79-1246]). The larger of the two lakes at the head of Martin Creek is mislabeled 'Slender Lake' on the 1984 edition of the U.S. Geological Survey Bering Glacier D-4 quadrangle map. Slender Lake is the the headwaters of Bearhole Creek (Brabb and Miller, 1962).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bering Glacier D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bering Glacier NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bering Glacier C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chitina River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.44252, 60.85556

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A quartz vein crosscutting metamorphosed flysch of the Cretaceous Valdez Group contains trace amounts of gold at this locality. A 500-gram sample of the vein yielded a flake of free gold (about 0.0001 gram) after being crushed and panned (Brabb and Miller, 1962).
  • Age = Tertiary. The quartz vein crosscuts Valdez Group flysch that was metamorphosed in the Early Tertiary (Hudson and Plafker, 1982).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nizina

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance surface observations have been completed at this locality (Brabb and Miller, 1962).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Brabb and Miller, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
Deposit Other Comments = This occurrence is within the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-DEC-01 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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