Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10002571 |
MRDS ID |
A015006 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Cripple Creek Placer |
Geographic areas
Country |
State |
United States |
Alaska |
Comments on the location information
- USGS MF-367, LOC. 8. MINE ALONG 2 MILE HEAD OF CRIPPLE CREEK. TAILINGS MARKED ON OPHIR (C-1). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Gold |
Primary |
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Gold |
Ore |
Alteration
-
(Local)
Sandstone Bedrock Is Iron Stained.
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Metamorphic Rock
> Metavolcanic Rock
> Mafic Metamorphic Rock
> Greenstone |
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Clastic Sedimentary Rock
> Shale |
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Clastic Sedimentary Rock
> Sandstone |
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Chemical Sediment
> Chert |
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
> Intermediate Volcanic Rock
> Andesite |
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
> Mafic Volcanic Rock
> Basalt |
Comments on the geologic information
- MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS UPPER CRETACEOUS SANDSTONE AND SLATE. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD IS CRIPPLE CREEK MOUNTAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST.