Mine detail: Ganes Creek

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Location:	Ophir County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long:	63.09104, -156.43287
dep_id:	10308977
mrds_id:	A015017
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite
gangue:	Quartz
model:	119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter:	C.E. Cameron
References:	Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1908, The mining industry in 1907: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 345, 294 p. Deposit:: Maddren, A.G., 1911, Gold placer mining developments in the Innoko-Iditarod region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480, p. 236-270. Deposit:: Eakin, H.M., 1914, The Iditarod-Ruby region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 578, 45 p. Deposit:: Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245. Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-367, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p. Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p. Deposit:: Chapman, R.M., Patton, W.W., and Moll, E.J., 1985, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-203, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale. Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., Green, C.B., Deagen, J., and Daniels, C.L., 1987, Alask* mineral industry, 1986: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 40, 68 p. Deposit:: Dashevsky, S.S., 2000, Ganes Creek project (Au) Ophir district, Alaska: unpublished report for Clark-Wiltz Mining Inc., 7 p.