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Robin 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. 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 10307254
Record type Site
Current site name Robin Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.56282, 60.99934 (WGS84)
Relative position Robin Creek is a west tributary to upper Dominion Creek (BH012), a west tributary to Salmon River. The headwaters of Robin Creek are on the east flank of Mt. Plummer and the north flank of Marvel Dome. This prospect is assumed to be on the lower part of the creek, about 1/2 mile upstream of the confluence with Dominion Creek. The map site is in the SW1/4 of section 34, T 11 N, R 58 W, of the Seward Meridian. Hoare and Cobb (1977) included this locality under the name 'Robin Ck.'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bethel NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim 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

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) -159.56282, 60.99934
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Robin Creek is one of the drainages that heads on Marvel Dome, where an Upper Cretaceous granitic stock is surrouded by hornfels in sedimentary rocks of the mid-Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group (Box and others, 1993). Quartz veins, without obvious metallic minerals, are present in bedrock near its head (Maddren, 1915, p. 338). A small glacier occupied the upper part of Robin Creek valley and outwash deposits, including many boulders 1 to 5 feet in diameter, fill the lower part of the valley (Maddren, 1915, p. 338). The outwash deposits are incised by the present stream. Placer claims have been staked on Robin Creek, but the presence of placer gold has not been verified.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Placer claims have been staked and some exploration is assumed to have taken place on Robin Creek.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Maddren, A.G., 1915, Gold placers of the lower Kuskokwim with a note on copper in the Russian Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-H, p. 292-360.

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.

  • Deposit

    Box, S.E, Moll-Stalcup, E.J., Frost, T.P., and Murphy, J.M., 1993, Preliminary geologic map of the Bethel and southern Russian Mission quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2226-A, 20 p., scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Maddren, 1915

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 24-MAR-01 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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