Mine detail: Bear Creek (upper)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 59.39927, -161.14272

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Osmium, Rhodium, Ruthenium

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Alteration processes:Iron-staining and cementation.

References

DEP10307460
Reference{Deposit:: Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1969, Economic geology of platinum minerals: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 630, 120 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., and Condon, W.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Goodnews quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-447, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.}{Deposit:: Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Fechner, S.A., 1988, Bureau of Mines mineral investigation of the Goodnews Bay mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-88, 230 p.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson