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Quartz Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Platinum, Tungsten, Zinc
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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 10308798
MRDS ID A015718
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek
Alternate or previous names Jack
Related records 10097579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.33333, 65.5094 (WGS84)
Relative position The Jack placer mine is at an elevation of about 850 feet on a west-flowing tributary to the south fork of Quartz Creek. The map site is in section 11, T. 1 N., R. 13 W., of the Kateel River Meridian, and the coordinates are for the approximate midpoint of the placer ground. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 32.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goodhope-Spafarief Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum 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) -161.33333, 65.5094
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Quartz Creek heads in syenite of the Late Cretaceous, Granite Mountain pluton. Bedrock at the Jack placer mine is syenite and Jurassic-Cretaceous andesite. Fragments of narrow quartz veins and pegmatites occur in the placer. Placer gold is concentrated in the stream for approximately 1 mile. Some platinum has been recovered with the gold. Heavy minerals collected from stream gravels over syenite bedrock contained sphene, melanite, magnetite, hornblende, zircon, thorite and uranothorite. Samples collected over andesite bedrock contained hornblende, magnetite, ilmenite, spinel, and hematite (Gault and others, 1953).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Gault and others, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Deposit Other Comments = Stream gradient approximately 100 feet per mile.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-00 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

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