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Flume Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Chromium, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002667
MRDS ID A015108
Record type Site
Current site name Flume Creek Prospect
Related records 10234124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.42918, 64.98866 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393 (D-3), LOC. 2. LODE NEAR MOUTH OF FLUME CREEK ADJACENT TO LANDING STRIP MARKED ON EAGLE (D-3). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Diorite Is Limonite Stained

Analytical data

Result AU: .2-6.0 PPM, CR: 50-5,000 PPM, AG: 1.5 PPM. SEE REF. 2, TABLE 1.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.42918, 64.98866
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINUOUS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED BY A FEW SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN SERPENTINE AND ALTERED DIORITE. LODE GOLD FOUND IN SHEAR ZONES NEAR DOWNSTREAM MARGIN OF SERPENTINITE BODY. MINOR CHROMITE IN SERPENTINE.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

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