Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10000268 |
| MRDS ID |
A010311 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Wattamuse Creek |
| Related records |
10185504 |
Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
| United States |
Alaska |
Comments on the location information
- CLAIMS EXTEND 4 MI UP RIVER FROM THIS SITE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Gold |
Primary |
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Gold |
Ore |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Associated |
| Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Granitoid
> Granite |
| Rock unit name |
Gemuk Group;Gemuk Group;Gemuk Group; |
| Rock description |
Gemuk Group;Gemuk Group;Gemuk Group; |
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Unconsolidated Deposit
> Gravel |
Comments on the geologic information
- SOURCE OF GOLD IS PROBABLY THE QUARTZ VEINS WHICH OCCUR IN THE THERMALLY METAMORPHOSED AUREOLE OF CARB-CRET GEMUK GROUP ROCKS (CHERT, CLASTIC SEDIMENT, MAFIC VOLCANIC) THAT OCCURS UPSTREAM, NEAR INTRUSION, DEPOSITS MAY BE RECONCENTRATIONS OF TERRACE GRAVELS.
