Mine detail: Black Creek

Previously called 'Wagner lodeWagner and associates'

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Location

Lat / long: 63.17963, -147.23276

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Pyritization; silicification; and local iron staining.

References

MRDSA011301
DEP10000677
Reference{Deposit:: Ross, C.P., 1933, The Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849, p. 289-467.}{Deposit:: Smith, T.E., 1970, Gold resource potential of the Denali bench gravels, Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska, in Geological Survey research 1970: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 700-D, p. D146-D152.}{Deposit:: Smith, T.E., 1981, Geology of the Clearwater Mountains, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 60, 72 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Tuck, Ralph, 1938, The Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska, in 1936: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-B, p. 109-131.}
ReporterD.L. Stevens