Summit Creek Occurrence, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Summit Creek Occurrence | Occurrence |
Bristol Bay Mining District | Mining District |
Lake and Peninsula Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
60° 51' 50'' North , 154° 11' 38'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Mindat Locality ID:
200211
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200211:1
GUID (UUID V4):
f42f047e-8df5-4640-a725-41774b704830
Site is in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
Location: Locality is on an unnamed northwesterly flowing tributary of Summit Creek, about 4.7 km NNW of VABM Trail. Locality 2 of Nelson and others (1985) and the VABM Trail gold anomaly of Eakins and others (1978). SE1/4SW1/4 sec. 14, T. 9 N., R. 28 W., of the Seward Meridian. Accurate within 500 m.
Geology: Occurrence detected from pan concentrates only, no rock samples taken. Stream sediment samples yield up to 500 ppm Au, 30 ppm Ag, and 500 ppm Sn (Eakins and others, 1978). The nearby bedrock is composed of a rhyolite or dacite dome complex and quartz monzonite intrusions (?) that has been locally sericitized, silicified, and contains gossan (Eakins and others, 1978).
Workings: Stream sediment samples yield up to 500 ppm Au, 30 ppm Ag, and 500 ppm Sn (Eakins and others, 1978).
Age: Bedrock is Teriary to Cretaceous.
Alteration: The dome complex has been locally sericitized, silicified, and contains gossan (Eakins and others, 1978).
Production: No production
Reserves: No reserves
Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Ag, Sn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Unknown
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