Mine detail: Donlin Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.07438, -158.21983

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony, Mercury, Tin, Tungsten
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Cassiterite, Cinnabar, Garnet, Pyrite, Scheelite, Stibnite
Discovery year: 1909

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1910
Last production ended: 1955

Geology

References

MRDSA015066
DEP10002628
Reference{Deposit:: MADDREN, A.G., 1915, GOLD PLACERS OF THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM WITH A NOTE ON COPPER IN THE RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS, IN SMITH AND MADDREN, THE LAKE CLARK-IDITAROD AND KUSKOKWIM REGIONS, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 622-H, P. 292-360.}{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 IDITAROD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-363, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: COBB, E.H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL) IN THE IDITAROD AND OPHIR QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-576, 101 P.}{Deposit:: USGS MF-367 (A-5), LOC. 22.}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-367-22}
ReporterPowers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.), Mason, George