Mine detail: Portage Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

65.46641, -144.61958

Resource(M)

Primary:	Bismuth, Tungsten, Tin, Rhenium, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Allanite, Bismuthinite, Cassiterite, Garnet, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Sphene, Spinel, Topaz, Tourmaline, Wolframite, Zircon

Production

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

Geology

Host type:

Granite

References

MRDS	D002687
DEP	10090717
Reference	{Deposit:: COBB, EDWARD H., 1975, TUNGSTEN OCCURRENCES IN ALASKA, USGS MAP, MR-66.}{Deposit:: NELSON, A. E., WEST, W. S., AND MATZKO, J. J., 1954, RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN ALASKA, 1952: USGS CIRC. 348, 21 P.}{Deposit:: COBB, EDWARD H., 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE CIRCLE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-391.}{Deposit:: COBB, EDWARD H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS) IN THE CIRCLE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 76-633.}
Reporter	Elliott, James E.