Mine detail: Omega Creek Placer

Previously called 'Alpha Creek'

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Location

Lat / long:

65.17879, -150.33916

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Mercury, Tungsten
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Garnet, Ilmenite, Picotite, Pyrite, Zircon
Other material:	Cinnabar, Scheelite
Discovery year:	1899

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1901

Geology

Host type:

Silt,Slate,Quartzite,Gravel

References

MRDS	A015214
DEP	10002759
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS MF-371 (A-1), LOC. 38}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 844-D, P. 203-04, 238}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 337, P. 82, 91, 98}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 259, P. 115}
Reporter	Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.)