Mine detail: Candle Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.88278, -155.80293

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Gold, Mercury, REE
Ore: Cinnabar, Gold, Magnetite, Monazite, Scheelite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Sandstone

References

MRDSD002705
DEP10009619
Reference{Deposit:: COBB, EDWARD H., 1975, TUNGSTEN OCCURRENCES IN ALASKA, USGS MAP, MR-66.}{Deposit:: WHITE, M. G., AND KILLEEN, P. L., 1953, RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE LOWER YUKON-KUSKOKWIM REGION, ALASKA, 1947: USGS CIRC. 255, 18 P.}{Deposit:: COBB, EDWARD H., 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE MCGRATH QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-379.}{Deposit:: COBB, EDWARD 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: USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 76-485.}
ReporterElliott, James E.