Mine detail: Fortyseven Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 61.04908, -158.20251

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Tungsten
Secondary: Antimony
Ore: Argentite, Gold, Jamesonite, Scheelite, Stibnite, Wolframite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1947

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group
Host type:Siltstone
Associated type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSA013446
DEP10002506
Reference{Deposit:: CADY, W.M., WALLACE, R.E., HOARE, J.M., AND WEBBER, E.J., 1955, THE CENTRAL KUSKOKWIM REGION, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 268, 132 P.}{Deposit:: COBB, E.H., COMPILER, 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE SLEETMUTE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-368, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: COBB, E.H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS) IN THE DILLINGHAM, SLEETMUTE, AND TAYLOR MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-606, 92 P.}{Deposit:: ROBINSON, M.S., 1984, ROCK, PAN-CONCENTRATE, AND STREAM-SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRY, SLEETMUTE A-6 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 84-7, SCALE 1:40,000.}{Deposit:: BERGER, B.R., 1986, DESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF LOW-SULFIDE AU-QUARTZ VEINS, IN COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., EDS. MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 239.}{Deposit:: BLISS, J.D., AND ORRIS, G.J., 1986, DESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF SIMPLE SB DEPOSITS, IN COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., EDS. MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 183-4.}{Deposit:: BUNDTZEN, T.K., EAKINS, G.R., GREEN, C.B., AND LUECK, L.L., 1986, ALASK* MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1985: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS SPECIAL REPORT 39, 68 P.}{Deposit:: MILLER, M.L., BELKIN, H.E., BLODGETT, R.B., BUNDTZEN, T.K., CADY, J.W., GOLDFARB, R.J., GRAY, J.E., MCGIMSEY, R.G., AND SIMPSON, S.L., 1989, PRE-FIELD STUDY AND MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE SLEETMUTE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 89-363, 115 P., 3 PLATES, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-368-15}
ReporterNiles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.), Huber, D.F.; Niles, L.P.: Miller, M.L., Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan), Mason, George