Granite Creek Mine, Aniak Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Granite Creek Mine | Mine |
Aniak Mining District | Mining District |
Bethel Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
60° 58' 47'' North , 160° 5' 24'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
197783
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:197783:0
GUID (UUID V4):
df3919ee-7811-467a-8881-17f7cad10d99
Location: Granite Creek is a short north tributary to Tuluksak River (BH014). The mouth of Granite Creek, at an elevation of about 350 feet, is 3 miles upstream from the lowlands of the lower Kuskokwim River. Placer mine tailings are present along about 3/4 mile of lower Granite Creek. The map site is at the approximate midpoint of the placer workings, at the southwest corner of section 3, T 10 N, R 61 W, of the Seward Meridian. This is locality 10 of Cobb (1972 [MF 455]) and of Hoare and Cobb (1977).
Geology: About 3/4 mile of lower Granite Creek has been placer mined for gold. Most of the Granite Creek drainage is within a mid-Cretaceous granitic pluton but the lower part crosses the contact with hornfels in Jurassic volcanic rocks (Box and others, 1993). Mining took place in 1938-1940 and in 1946 but additional information about the placer deposit is not available (Hoare and Cobb, 1977).
Workings: Placer mine tailings from open-cut operations are present along about 3/4 mile of lower Granite Creek.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | BH015 |
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