Alaska
Past Producer

Black Creek

Alaska, United States
GoldTungstenTinMercury
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryTungsten, Tin, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold
GangueCassiterite
Geology
Associated rockMonzonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1910
Last production1940
Identification
Deposit ID10002636
MRDS IDA015075
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.44412, -157.93876
References
MADDREN, A.G., 1915, GOLD PLACERS OF THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM WITH A NOTE ON COPPER IN THE RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS, IN SMITH AND MADDREN, THE LAKE CLARK-IDITAROD AND KUSKOKWIM REGIONS, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 622-H, P. 292-360.JOESTING, H.R., 1942, STRATEGIC MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN INTERIOR ALASKA: ALASKA DEPARTMENT MINES PAMPHLET 1, 46 P.COBB, E.H., COMPILER, 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE IDITAROD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-363, SCALE 1:250,000.COBB, E.H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL) IN THE IDITAROD AND OPHIR QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-576, 101 P.BUNDTZEN, T.K., MILLER, M.L., LAIRD, G.M., AND BULL, K.F., 1992, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDITAROD MINING DISTRICT, IDITAROD B-4 AND EASTERN B-5 QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS PROFESSIONAL REPORT 97, 46 P., 2 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.MILLER, M.L., BUNDTZEN, T.K., AND GRAY, J.E., 1996, MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE IDITAROD QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2219-B, SCALE 1:250,000, PAMPHLET (IN PRESS).BAG-MF-363-31B