Peters Creek; Jessie B. Prospect, Anchorage District, Anchorage Borough, Alaska, USA

Location: Near glacial headwaters of Peters Creek a tributary to Knik Arm, above southwestern bank of creek. NW1/4SW1/4 sec. 4, T. 13 N., R. 2 E., of the Seward Meridian. Accurate within 1000 ft. Locality 50 in Cobb (1972) and locality 39 of MacKevett and Holloway, 1977.
Geology: Capps (1916) reports quartz veins present in Mesozoic age greenstone and greenstone tuff with minor amounts of interbedded shale of the McHugh Complex. The thin, auriferous quartz veins also carry pyrite, galena, and chalcopyrite. One 2 inch thick vein that strikes N 60 W and dips 75 SW is intersected by an 8 inch thick vein that strikes N 77 W and dips 60 N. Assays as high as 1.84 oz/ton Au.
Workings: Explored by several short adits. Assays as high as 1.84 oz/ton Au, reported as $38/ton, with gold valued at $20.67/oz (Capps, 1916). Some ore may have been mined, but not shipped, in 1917 (Capps, 1919). Martin (1920) reported discovery of chromite, in 1918, in Peters Creek. Rose (1966) reported a local prospector reported finding jade in Peters Creek.
Age: Mesozoic or younger

Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Cr(?), Cu, Jade(?), Pb
Development Status: Undetermined
Deposit Model: Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a ? ) or Chugach-t

References:
Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous lode deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p. Capps, S.R., 1916, Gold mining in the Willow Creek district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 642-E, p. 147-200. Capps, S.R., 1919, Gold lode mining in the Willow Creek district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692-D, p. 177-186. Clark, S.H.B., and Bartsch, S.R., 1971, Reconnaissance geologic map and geochemical analyses of stream sediment and rock samples of the Anchorage B-6 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 475, 63 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:36,360. Clark, S.H.B., and Yount, M.E., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map and geochemical analyses of stream-sediment and rock samples of the Anchorage A-6 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 351, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360. Clark, S.H.B., 1972, Reconnaissance bedrock geologic map of the Chugach Mountains near Anchorage, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-350, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p. MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000. Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52. Rose, A.W., 1966, Geology and chromite-bearing ultramafic rocks near Eklutna, Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 18, 25 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:42,000.