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Canyon Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, 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
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  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10309029
MRDS ID A011573
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Creek
Alternate or previous names Divide Creek, Long Creek
Related records 10185695, 10000913

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.78079, 62.59255 (WGS84)
Relative position C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc. (1978, Fig. 4.2-B(3)) show this placer in Canyon Creek, a tributary to Long Creek which flows into the Tokositna River. Unpatented placer claims cover the entirety of Canyon Creek from the northeast quarter of Section 21 to the northwest quarter of Section in T. 29 N., R. 8 W., of the Seward Meridian. Coordinates for this locality are given for the site in the northeast quarter of Section 21, T. 29 N., R. 8 W., of the Seward Meridian. This property is shown by Clark and Cobb (1972) as locality 31 and by Reed and others (1978) as locality 86.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yentna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali State Park(State Park)

State Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Platinum Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Zircon Gangue

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) -150.78079, 62.59255
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Canyon, Divide and Long Creeks drain across the contact between Mesozoic slate and graywacke (KJs) and Tertiary strata of the Sterling (?) (Tcp) and Tyonek (?) (Tts) Formations of the Kenai Group (Reed and Nelson, 1980). Cobb and Reed (1980) report that the placer deposits in Canyon Creek are probably derived directly from local mineralized zones in bedrock, which is mainly Mesozoic slate (KJs), intruded by Tertiary and (or) Cretaceous (TKi) acidic dikes and cut by quartz stringers. The bedrock locally contains visible pyritized zones. According to Mertie (1919) stream gravels at this locale have a pay streak which ranges from 1 to 15 feet in width (average: 6 feet) and 2 to 8 feet in depth. Gold is found on or near bedrock. Gravel is mostly cobble-sized clasts 6 inches in diameter with some boulders up to 2 feet in diameter. Gold, platinum, magnetite, ilmenite, garnet, zircon, and cassiterite, some of which is crystalline with unworn edges, are noted in concentrates by Mertie (1919). This suggested to him that the gold and cassiterite were largely derived from mineralized rocks of the drainage area. Cobb and Reed (1980) report that most, if not all, references to Long Creek are probably to Canyon Creek. Mining has also been reported on Ramsdyke Creek (Cobb, 1973), which runs along the northwest side of the ridge north of the headwater basin of Canyon Creek.
  • Age = Tertiary and Pleistocene.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Yentna

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The drainage has been prospected and mined by various small scale surface methods.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mertie, 1919

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Deposit Other Comments = Cobb and Reed (1980) state that most, if not all, references to Long Creek are probably to Canyon Creek. Mining has also been reported on Ramsdyke Creek (Cobb, 1973), which runs along the northwest side of the ridge north of the headwater basin of Canyon Creek.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-AUG-1998 Madelyn A. Millholland Millholland & Associates

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