Alaska
Past Producer

Dollar Creek

Alaska, United States
GoldTitaniumTin
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryTitanium, Tin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite
GangueGarnet, Quartz, Zircon
Geology
AlterationCapps (1913) describes strongly altered graywacke and slate underlying the white quartz conglomerate. Reed and others (1978) note hydrothermally altered zones similar to Thunder Creeks (TL032, TL058), at the headwaters of Treasure (TL030), Dutch (TL033) and Bear Creeks (TL017) and at an unnamed locality east of McDoel Peak (TL053). Mineralogy of the alteration is not described by either of these authors. However, based on its reported similarity to altered zones at Thunder Creek, it is most likely argillic alteration of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10000919
MRDS IDA011583
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.5076, -151.05779
References
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