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Dominion 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 10308027
Record type Site
Current site name Dominion Creek
Alternate or previous names Warren Pup

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.38209, 63.33085 (WGS84)
Relative position Dominion Creek is approximately 20 miles long and flows northeast into Folger Creek. The exact location of mining along Dominion Creek is not known. The coordinates are for a cabin marked on the U.S. Geological Survey Ophir B-1 topographic map (1954), on a short, northwest-flowing tributary to Dominion Creek, locally called Warren Pup, where placer mine tailings indicate mining activity (T.K. Bundtzen, oral commun., 2001). This location is in the southeast corner of sec. 9, T. 25 S., R. 13 E., Kateel River Meridian, and is accurate within 5 miles. Ron Rosander (oral commun., 2001) reports that Warren Pup is called Dominion Creek by local prospectors and miners.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ophir SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ophir(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) -156.38209, 63.33085
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The bedrock in the vicinity of Dominion Creek consists mostly of chert, argillite, and volcaniclastic rocks. The headwaters of Dominion Creek drain a Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite pluton, and Warren Pup drains a monzonite pluton underlying the area of hill 2636 (Warner) (Chapman and others, 1985). These plutons probably are the source of the gold in Dominion Creek (Bundtzen and others, 1987). Smith (1942) reports prospecting on Dominion Creek by deep shafts. These shafts were being dug by 1940, and mining along Dominion Creek continued until at least 1950 (Fowler, 1950). Warren Pup contains placer mine tailings from pre-1950's mining (T.K. Bundtzen, oral commun., 2001).
  • Age = Quaternary. The headwaters of Dominion Creek drain Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite plutons that probably are the source of the gold in Dominion Creek (Bundtzen and others, 1987).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Mining district

District name Innoko

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Smith (1942) reports prospecting on Dominion Creek by deep shafts. These shafts were being dug by 1940. In 1950, John Aho was mining the upper portion of Dominion Creek using a bulldozer and hydraulic equipment (Fowler, 1950).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Fowler, 1950

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

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