Mine detail: Portage Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 60.36249, -154.04156

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Schist,Gabbro,Quartzite,Marble,Metavolcanic Rock,Phyllite,Gravel
Alteration processes:Not applicable

References

MRDSA013000
DEP10002110
Reference{Deposit:: Martin, G.C., and Katz, F.J., 1910, Outline of geology and mineral resources of the Iliamna and Clark lakes region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442, 426 p.}{Deposit:: Martin, G.C., and Katz, F.J., 1912, A geologic reconnaissance of the Iliamna region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 485, 138 p.}{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1913, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1912: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542, 308 p.}{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1914, Mineral resources of Alaska in 1913: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592, p. 340-341.}{Deposit:: Martin, G.C., 1919, Alaska Mining Industry in 1917: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692, p. 11-42}{Deposit:: Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52.}{Deposit:: Capps, S.R., 1932, The Lake Clark-Mulchatna region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 824, 181 p.}{Deposit:: Capps, S.R., 1935, The southern Alaska Range: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 862, 101 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral map of the Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-378, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-485.}{Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., and Kline, J.T., 1979, Portage Creek gold placers, Lake Clark quadrangle, Iliamna District, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 120, 13 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska - Supplement to Open-File Report 76-485: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-A, 25 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska - Supplement to Open-File Report 76-485: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-B, 20 p.}
ReporterD.P. Bickerstaff, M.L. Miller