Mine detail: Illinois Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 64.03943, -157.9131

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Acanthite, Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Bismuthinite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Delafossite, Electrum, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite, Todorokite, Argentojarosite, Arsenbrackebuschite, Cornwallite, Gold, Silver
Gangue: Goethite, Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Round Top Stock;Round Top Stock;;;
Associated type:Greenstone
Alteration processes:The sulfides of the Illinois Creek deposit have been highly oxidized, with supergene enrichment of several metals.

References

MRDSA013472
DEP10002529
Reference{Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Deagen, J.R. and Moore, J.L., 1990, Alask* mineral industry 1989: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 44, 100 p.}{Deposit:: Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, A.H., Hansen, E.W., and Nelson, M.G., 1993, Alask* mineral industry 1992: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 47, 80 p.}{Deposit:: Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, A.H., Henning, M.W., and Hansen E.W., 1995, Alask* mineral industry 1994: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 49, 77 p.}{Deposit:: Lamborn, J., 1997, Illinois Creek geology and exploration potential: internal report by American Reclamation Group, LLC company, 4 p.}{Deposit:: Flanigan, B., 1998, Genesis and mineralization of ore deposits in the Illinois Creek region, West Central Alaska: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 125 p., 2 plates.}{Deposit:: Swainbank, R.C., Clautice, K.C., and Nauman, J.L., 1998, Alask* Mineral Industry 1997: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 52, 65 p.}{Deposit:: Szumigala, D.J., and Swainbank, R.C., 1999, Alask* mineral industry 1998: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report SR 53, 71 p.}{Deposit:: Swainbank, R.C., Szumigala, D.J., Henning, M.W., and Pillifant, F.M., 2000, Alask* mineral industry 1999: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 54, 73 p.}
ReporterC.E. Cameron