Mine detail: Bee Creek

Previously called 'Dry Creek'

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Location: Chignik County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 56.50929, -158.39246
dep_id: 10308804
mrds_id: A012444
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Gypsum, Quartz
model: {53: Porphyry Cu}{54: Porphyry Cu (North America)}
alteration: The alteration at this prospect appears to be the classic porphyry type with a potassic core grading outward through phyllic, argillic, and propylitic alteration zones although these may not all be developed fully. The best copper mineralization is in the potassic zone.
Reporter: S.H. Pilcher
References:
  • Deposit:: Fields, E.D., 1977, 1976 Annual report: Alaska search, Chignik area-Bristol Bay region: Bear Creek Mining Company, 44 p., 22 map sheets. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
  • Deposit:: Anderson, G.D., Fitch, G.M., Lappie, D.W., Lindberg, P.A., and Fankhauser, R.E., 1979, Exploration and evaluation of Bristol Bay Native Corporation Lands, Vol. II, Book 1: prepared for Houston Oil and Minerals Company by Resource Associates of Alaska, 78 p. (Report held by Alaska Earth Science, Anchorage, Alaska.)
  • Deposit:: Cox, D.P., Detra, D.E., and Detterman, R.L., 1981, Mineral resource maps of the Chignik and Sutwik Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF- 1053-K, 2 map sheets, scale 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: Butherus, D.L., White, D.C., Smith, W.H., Radford, G., Sandberg, R.J., and Pray, J.C., 1981, Exploration and evaluation of precious metal potential of Bristol Bay Native Corporation Lands, southwest Alaska, 1981, Vol. 1: Prepared for Nerco by Resource Associates of Alaska, 90 p. (Report held by Alaska Earth Science, Anchorage, Alaska.)
  • Deposit:: Wilson, F.H., and Cox, D.P., 1983, Geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic environment of porphyry mineralization in the central Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-783, 24 p.
  • Deposit:: Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D.J., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786, 104 p.
  • Deposit:: Young, L.E., St. George, P., and Bouley, B., 1997, Porphyry copper deposits in relation to the magmatic history and palinspastic restoration of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., (eds.), Mineral deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 306-333.
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