Mine detail: Spruce Creek

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Location: Ophir County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 63.09224, -156.52937
dep_id: 10308980
mrds_id: A015014
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Producer
ore: Chromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter: C.E. Cameron
References:
  • Deposit:: Maddren, A.G., 1909, Gold placers of the Innoko district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379, p. 238-266.
  • 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:: Williams, J.A., 1950, Mining operations in the Fairbanks district and Innoko and Koyukuk precincts: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 194-13, 20 p.
  • 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., 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:: Metz, P.A., and Hawkins, D.B., 1981, A summary of gold fineness values from Alaska placer deposits: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report No. 45, 63 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.
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