Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | LG |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | C-3 |
Latitude | 65.543 |
Longitude | -148.438 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 69, on the tailings along Amy Creek. The placer-mined ground is located near the mouth of Amy Creek, approximately 3 miles north of Amy Dome. |
Geologic descriptionGold has been found in in the lower 3 feet of gravel and on bedrock (Overbeck, 1920, p. 181; Mertie, 1918). Bedrock is mainly chert but there is some granite at the mouth of the second tributary above Livengood Creek. Basalt porphyry is the bedrock at the head of the creek; there is limestone and argillite near the mouth (Mertie, 1918). Bench gravels were mined east of the creek in 1918, to a depth of 25 to 100 feet, above a pay streak of 40 to 60 feet wide (Overbeck, 1920, p. 181). Concentrates of these gravels contain magnetite, limonite, hematite, chromite and pyromorphite. Joesting (1942, ATDM Pamph. 1) reported that the chromite and chrome spinel in placers was probably derived from serpentine in Middle Devonian basic volcanic rocks. Mining occurred in 1916, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928-1939, 1967-1968 (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633, p. 9). | |
Geologic map unit | (-148.440510142884, 65.5425677284749) |
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Mineral deposit model | Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a). |
Mineral deposit model number | 39a |
Workings or exploration | Shafts on different claims range from 25 to 100 feet deep. |
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Indication of production | Yes; small |
MRDS Number | A015487 |
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ReferencesSmith, S.S., 1917, The mining industry in the territory of Alaska during the calendar year 1916: U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 153, 89 p.
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Reporters | C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer (Avalon Development Corporation) |
Last report date | 5/4/1999 |