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Kapon Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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 10307252
Record type Site
Current site name Kapon Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.16275, 60.1093 (WGS84)
Relative position Kapon Creek is an east tributary to the Eek River. The mouth of Kapon Creek is 9.5 miles downstream of the mouth of Rainy Creek (BH002) on the Eek River. This placer mine was referred to under the name 'Kapon Ck.' by Hoare and Cobb (1977). The map site is in the SE1/4 of section 6, T 1 S, R 63 W, of the Seward Meridian. It is approximately located, perhaps within miles, as the headwaters of this creek are about 4 miles further upstream from the map site.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bethel SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite 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) -160.16275, 60.1093
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer gold mining along Kapon Creek is reported to have taken place in 1914 and 1915 (Hoare and Cobb, 1977, p. 18). The lower part of the creek is in a glaciated area of outwash deposits. The upper reaches don't appear to have been occupied by glaciers but some outwash deposits may be present. The extreme headwaters of Kapon Creek are across a narrow saddle from the headwaters of Rainy Creek (BH002), where lode cinnabar mineralization has been identified (BH001). Coarse gravels in Kapon Creek were gound sluiced in 1914 and found to be of low grade (Maddren, 1915, p. 357). The gold was dark and flaky and accompanied by magnetite, arsenopyrite, and small cinnabar pebbles. Bedrock in the Kapon Creek drainage is clastic sedimentary rocks of the mid-Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group locally cut by felsic and mafic dikes (Hoare and Cobb, 1977; Box and others, 1993).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bethel

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Kapon Creek has been prospected and some small surface workings are probably present locally along the 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 = Hoare and Cobb, 1977

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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