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Donlin Creek Property, Snow area

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002608
MRDS ID A015045
Record type Site
Current site name Donlin Creek Property, Snow area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.1929, 62.05938 (WGS84)
Relative position Snow Gulch area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration is restricted to intrusive rocks. Argillic and phyllic alteration; silicification; carbonate, and dickite alteration found locally.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;
    Rock description Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.1929, 62.05938
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Stibnite, arsenopyrite, complex arsenic sulfosalts, and minor cinnabar and free gold occur in quartz veins and shear zones associated with alaskite dikes that cut Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group sedimentary rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Seven deposits along Donlin Creek including the Dome and Snow areas contain combined inferred reserves of 3.871 million tonnes at 3.15 g/tonne Au

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface and underground: Trenching and drilling in 1989.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.

  • Deposit

    Retherford, R.M., and McAtee, June, 1994, Donlin Creek property, southwestern Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska, Calista Corporation, Land Department, unpublished company report, 27 p.

  • Deposit

    Miller, M.L., Bundtzen, T.K., Keith, W.J., Bailey, E.A., Bickerstaff, Damon, 1996, Geology and mineral resources of the Stuyahok area, part of Holy Cross A-4 and A-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-505-A, 30 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Retherford and McAtee, 1994

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal veins associated with alaskite dikes
Deposit Other Comments = Property extends to northeast and southwest of the Snow area.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Powers, M.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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