Mine detail: Humboldt Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.83934, -164.42342

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin, Gold
Ore: Cassiterite, Gold
Gangue: Hematite, Magnetite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDSA012729
DEP10308789
Reference{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., and Martin, G. C. 1921, The Alaska mining industry in 1919: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 714, p. 59-95.}{Deposit:: Sainsbury, C.L., Kachadoorian, Reuben, Smith, T.E., and Todd, W.C., 1968, Cassiterite in gold placers at Humbolt Creek, Serpentine-Kougarok area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 565, 7 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-417, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.}{Deposit:: Barnes, D.F., and Hudson, T. L., 1977, Bouguer gravity map of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-796-C, scale 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: Hudson, T.L., 1979, Igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Serpentine Hot Springs area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1079, 27 p.}{Deposit:: Hudson, T.L., and Arth, J. G., 1983, Tin-granites of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, p. 768-790.}{Deposit:: Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson