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Canyon Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, 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. 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 10308588
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.86283, 63.15958 (WGS84)
Relative position The Canyon Creek prospect is at an elevation of about 4,700 feet on a spur west of upper Canyon Creek, a northern tributary to Ohio Creek. The map site is at the north-central boundary of sec. 28, T. 20 S., R. 12 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This is locality 19 of Cobb (1978: OFR 78-1062).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chulitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.86283, 63.15958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area consist of several hundred meters of Triassic limestone and marble interbedded with basalt, metachert, and argillite. The strata are intruded by quartz diorite porphyry dikes of probable Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary age and by Tertiary tourmaline-bearing granite. The Canyon Creek deposit in in the Upper triassic rocks, and consists of quartz-calcite veins containing arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and tetrahedrite. Rock chip samples contain up to 0.4 ppm gold and 500 ppm silver, along with consistently high Sn values. The Canyon Creek deposit is part of an area of sulfide deposits 2.5 miles long and 1 mile wide along and near Canyon Creek. The Canyon Creek prospect is in the northern part of this area. The Ready Cash prospect (HE057) is in southern part.
  • Age = Late Cretaceous or younger, assuming that the deposit is related to the intrusive rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface exploration only. Rock chip samples contain up to 0.4 ppm gold and 500 ppm silver, along with consistently high Sn values.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hawley and Clark, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-2000 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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