Tatalina Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Tatalina Creek Mine | Mine |
Iditarod Mining District | Mining District |
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 45' 14'' North , 156° 5' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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McGrath | 344 (2017) | 33.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
200296
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200296:8
GUID (UUID V4):
2c80f7d9-cc9b-438f-a19e-5e581501f913
Location: What is locally called Tatalina Creek has its headwaters just west of VABM Tatalina; it flows about 2 miles north-northwest to Carl Creek. One of the reporters of this record (T.K. Bundtzen) collected anomalous panned concentrates in upper Tatalina Creek in 1978. The coordinates reflect the location of that sampling at an elevation of about 1,200 feet. However there was also some placer mining along Tatalina Creek prior to 1917 but the location is uncertain. A placer gold prospect with the same name has also been located in the McGrath quadrangle south of Candle Hills (Bundtzen, 1999).
Geology: Tatalina Creek which has its headwaters near VABM Tatalina, flows about 2 miles north-northwest to Carl Creek. Unpublished U.S. Mint records indicate prospecting in Tatalina Creek in 1917 and 1918 and the production of about 18 ounces of placer gold. However, the location of this production is uncertain (Wimmler, 1927). Heavy-mineral-concentrate samples were collected by Bundtzen, Cox and Veach (1987) in Tatalina Creek at an elevation of about 1,200 feet. The samples contained anomalous values of lead, silver, arsenic, and gold; the heavy minerals in the samples include magnetite, galena, ilmenite, crossite, and fluorapatite (Bundtzen and others, 1987). The base-metal deposit in tourmaline hornfels upstream near VABM Tatalina (ID044) is the possible source of the anomalous samples in Tatalina Creek.
Workings: There are old placer tailings in Tatalina Creek. Panned-concentrate samples were collected by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys in 1978 and by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1985 (Bundtzen and Laird, 1983; McGimsey and others, 1988; Bennett and others, 1988). Anaconda Minerals Company took stream-sediment samples in Carl and other tributary creeks in 1981; they reportedly contained five to ten times above background values for lead, zinc, and silver (D.B. Obolewicz, written communication, 1981).
Age: Probably Quaternary.
Production: Unpublished U.S. Mint records show that Tatalina Creek was prospected in 1917 and 1918 and about 18 ounces of placer gold were recovered (Wimmler, 1927).
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au; (Minor) - As, Pb
Development Status: Yes
Deposit Model: Placer Au deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ 'Crossite' |
ⓘ Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
ⓘ Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 |
ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
ⓘ | Fluorapatite | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4)3F |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Crossite' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | ID043 |
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