Deposit ID | 10001475 |
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MRDS ID | A012225 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Bonanza Creek |
Related records | 10257503 |
Geographic coordinates: | -145.33184, 65.54862 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Bonanza Creek is a tributary to Porcupine Creek. The site of most placer mine activity extended approximately 1.5 miles upstream from the junction of Bonanza Creek and Porcupine Creek. This site includes both placer mining and mineralized schist. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Arsenic | Secondary |
Copper | Secondary |
Zinc | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Model code | 119 |
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USGS model code | 39a |
BC deposit profile | C01. C02 |
Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
Mark3 model number | 54 |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
(1) | -145.33184, 65.54862 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Circle |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012225 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CI006 |
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1932, Mining in the Circle district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 824, p. 155-172.
Smith, P.S., 1932, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1929, in Smith, P.S., and others Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1929: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 824-A, p. 1-81.
Smith, P.S., 1933, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1930: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 836, p. 1-83.
Smith, P.S., 1934, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1932: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 857-A, p. 1-91.
Smith, P.S., 1934, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1933: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-A, p. 1-94.
Smith, P.S., 1936, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 868-A, p. 1-91.
Smith, P.S., 1937, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1935: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880-A, p. 1-95.
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1938, Gold placers of the Fortymile, Eagle, and Circle districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-C, p. 133-261.
Smith, P.S. 1939, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1937: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 910-A, p. 1-113.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Misc. Field Studies Map MF-391, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.
Eakins, G.R., Jones, B.K. and Forbes, R.B., 1977, Investigation of Alaska's uranium potential: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 109, 213 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:40,000.
Menzie, W.D., Foster, H.L., Tripp, R.B., and Yeend, W.E., 1983, Mineral resource assessment of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-B, 61 p., 1 sheet, 1:250,000.
Freeman, C.J., Adams, D.D., Balla, J.C., and Metz, P.A., 1988, Circle joint venture 1988 final report: Fairbanks, Alaska, Fairbanks Exploration Inc. 23 p.
Yeend, W.E., 1991, Gold placers of the Circle district, Alaska - past, present, and future: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1943, 42 p.
Lampright, R.L., 1996, Gold placer deposits near Fairbanks Alaska: Iron Fire Publications, Nederland, Colorado, 135 p.
Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Clough, A.H., Henning, M.W., and Charlie, K.M., 1996, Alaska's mineral industry, 1995: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 50, 72 p.
Metz, P.A., 1991, Metallogeny of the Fairbanks mining district, Alaska and adjacent areas: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Mineral Industry Reserarch Laboratory Report No. 90, 370 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a), Disseminated and stratiform sulfides in schist; local gold-bearing quartz veinlets. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 08-SEP-98 | C.J. Freeman | Avalon Development Corporation | |
Reporter | 08-SEP-98 | J.R. Guidetti Schaefer | Avalon Development Corporation | |
Reporter | 08-SEP-98 | Clements, A.S. | Avalon Development Corporation |