Mine detail: Iron Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 64.73539, -165.74387

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese, Iron
Ore: Limonite, Pyrolusite, Rutile
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Marble

References

MRDSA012782
DEP10094061
Reference{Deposit:: Mulligan, J.J., and Hess, H.D., 1965, Examination of the Sinuk iron deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 8-65, 34 p.}{Deposit:: Herreid, G.H., 1970, Geology and geochemistry of the Sinuk area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 36, 61 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:42,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.}
ReporterC.C. Hawley, Travis L. Hudson