Mine detail: Carrie Creek

Previously called 'West Carrie CreekTripper RidgeMissing LynxLynx Saddle'

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Location

Lat / long:

64.28778, -144.26584

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Clay, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Silicic, sericitic, argillic, clay, and carbonate alteration are concentrated in the contact zones (Doyon Limited, 1998).

References

MRDS	A012498
DEP	10001714
Reference	{Deposit:: Thomas, B.I., 1970, Reconnaissance of the gold-bearing quartz veins in the Tibbs Creek area, Goodpaster River, Big Delta quadrangle, central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 14-70, 12 p.}{Deposit:: Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Menzie, W.D., and Foster, H.L., 1979, Metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resource potential in the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529D, 61 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}
Reporter	Cameron S. Rombach