Alaska
Producer
Illinois Creek
Alaska, United States
Gold Silver Lead Zinc Copper
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Copper
Commodity typeMetallic
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Bismuthinite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Delafossite, Electrum, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite, Todorokite, Argentojarosite, Arsenbrackebuschite, Cornwallite, Gold, Silver
GangueGoethite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockGreenstone · Round Top Stock;Round Top Stock;;;
AlterationThe sulfides of the Illinois Creek deposit have been highly oxidized, with supergene enrichment of several metals.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
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References
Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Deagen, J.R. and Moore, J.L., 1990, Alaska's mineral industry 1989: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 44, 100 p.Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, A.H., Hansen, E.W., and Nelson, M.G., 1993, Alaska's mineral industry 1992: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 47, 80 p.Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, A.H., Henning, M.W., and Hansen E.W., 1995, Alaska's mineral industry 1994: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 49, 77 p.Lamborn, J., 1997, Illinois Creek geology and exploration potential: internal report by American Reclamation Group, LLC company, 4 p.Flanigan, B., 1998, Genesis and mineralization of ore deposits in the Illinois Creek region, West Central Alaska: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 125 p., 2 plates.Swainbank, R.C., Clautice, K.C., and Nauman, J.L., 1998, Alaska's Mineral Industry 1997: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 52, 65 p.Szumigala, D.J., and Swainbank, R.C., 1999, Alaska's mineral industry 1998: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report SR 53, 71 p.Swainbank, R.C., Szumigala, D.J., Henning, M.W., and Pillifant, F.M., 2000, Alaska's mineral industry 1999: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 54, 73 p.Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Clough, A.H., Henning, M.W., and Hansen, E.W., 1994, Alaska's mineral industry, 1993: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 48, 84 p.
Identification
Deposit ID10002529
MRDS IDA013472
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.03943, -157.9131
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.