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Olive Creek Mine, Tolovana Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Olive Creek Mine | Mine |
| Tolovana Mining District | Mining District |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 29' 20'' North , 148° 30' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Location: Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 72; SE1/4 sec. 26, T. 8 N., R. 5 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The Olive Creek placer mine tailings are marked along Olive Creek in the extreme northeast corner of Livengood (B-4) quadrangle. Coordinates given are for buildings adjacent to tailings.
Geology: Placer gold on the Discovery claim is in the lower 7 feet of 10 feet of angular slide gravel, and a little coarse gold is found on bedrock (Mertie, 1918). Bedrock is slate and sandstone intruded by now highly altered granitic rock. Concentrates contain gold, magnetite, ilmenite, picotite, scheelite, chromite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, zircon, limonite and plentiful cinnabar (Mertie, 1918; Overbeck, 1920).
Workings: Mining was reported in 1915, 1916, 1918, 1922, 1926, 1928-34, and 1936-40 (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633). Gold production was also reported in the 1980's by a small-scale sluicing opertation (Green and others, 1989).
Production: Mining was reported in 1915, 1916, 1918, 1922, 1926, 1928-34, 1936-40, and as recently as 1988, but no record of amount of production (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633; Green and others, 1989).
Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Cr, Hg, W
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Cr | Chromium | |
| Cr | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | LG016 |
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