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Hot Springs Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Uranium, REE, Thorium, Tungsten
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308811
MRDS ID A012218
Record type Site
Current site name Hot Springs Creek
Related records 10184811, 10001469

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.67292, 65.47674 (WGS84)
Relative position The location is the approximate location of placer claims active in 1976 to 1979. Hot Springs Creek originates southwest of Circle Hot Springs and flows just north of town where it empties into a marsh.
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
REE Primary
Thorium Primary
Tungsten Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Uraniferous allanite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Sphene Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.67292, 65.47674
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The headwaters of Hot Springs Creek drain an area underlain by Tertiary granite. The granite is light gray biotite-hornblende-tourmaline monzogranite to syenogranite (Wiltse and others, 1995). Uranium- and/or thorium-bearing allanite, sphene and zircon, and scheelite were found in placer concentrate samples (Cobb, 1976, [OFR 76-633]). Houston International reportedly tested sedimentary uranium in Tertiary sediments near Circle Hot Springs in 1980. This site is a U/Th-W-REE geochemical anomaly.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Circle

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF CI027
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A012218
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D002685

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Bates, R.G. and Wedow, H. Jr., 1953, Preliminary summary review of thorium-bearing mineral occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 202, 13 p.

  • Deposit

    Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., Killeen, P. L., and others, 1954, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in eastern interior Alaska, 1946: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 331, 36 p.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976, OFR 76-633.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-SEP-1998 C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer, A.S. Clements Avalon Development Corporation