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Gold Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10308598
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Creek
Alternate or previous names Eagle Bluff

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.83377, 63.10162 (WGS84)
Relative position The Gold Creek (Eagle Bluff) prospect consists of lode claims adjacent to Gold Creek, a tributary to Butte Creek. The map site is at an elevation of about 3,700 feet, on the north valley wall of Gold Creek. It is in the northwest corner of sec. 18, T. 21 S., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The accuracy of the location is within 1,500 feet. This is location B-9 of Balen (1990: 34-90), and location 159 of Kurtak and others (1992).

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-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • Alteration consists of narrow phyllic and silicified zones.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.83377, 63.10162
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of this prospect are Eocene(?) granodiorite and Lower Cretaceous to Upper Jurassic metamorphosed turbidites (Wilson and others, 1998). The prospect has been described as a silicified fault zone containing chalcopyrite, molybdenite, and arsenopyrite(?). Rock chip samples contain 0.25 ounce of gold per ton, 0.57% copper, 71 ppm molybdenum, and high values of bismuth and silver (Balen, 1991).
  • Age = Early Tertiary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface exploration only.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Balen and others, 1991

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins or low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c, 36a)
Deposit Model Number = 22c, 36a

Reporter information

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

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

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