(Schlitz Cr.) Gold (?)

Serpentine district Bendeleben (1,15, 14.6) approx.
65°49'N, 164°49'W approx.

Development work, but no mining, in 1901 was reported. No other data given.

(Solomon Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (2.9, 12.3)
MF-417, loc. 28 65°42'N, 164°36'W

Gravel in a bench near mouth and in stream 0.5 mi above mouth have been
mined. Some mining in 1906. Modern name for stream is Salmon Cr.

(Taylor Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.15, 12.0)
MF-417, loc. 27 65°41'N, 164°46'W

Bedrock is dark schist near mouth; limestone about 6 mi above mouth. Some
mining near mouth before 1906. Mining. 6 mi upstream in 1907. Dredging
reported in 1918, 1920, 1923. This dredge was reported as on the Kougarok
R. in some of the intervening years, so the actual mining may well have
been in the Kougarok Valley at or near the mouth of Taylor Cr. rather than
actually on Taylor Cr.

(Timber Cr.) Copper, Gold, Silver
Koyuk district Bendeleben (20.0, 5.25) approx.
MF-417, loc. 18 65°16'N, 162°16'W approx.

Shallow pits were sunk (1906-07) on copper-stained greenstone near a con-
tact with granite. Malachite practically only copper mineral. Assays said
to show 17-70 oz silver and up to $1 in gold per ton.

(Trinity Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (0.8, 12.8)
MF-417, loc. 22 65°44'N, 163°53'W

Gold reported; no other data. Small tributary of Kougaruk R. above Home-
stake Cr.

(Trio Cr.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (21.25, 10.1) approx. (?)
MF-417, loc. 61 65°33'N, 162°04'W approx. (7)

In 1909 gold was found and there was some development work.

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(Inmachuk R.) Gold, Mercury

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (13.5-14.65, 15.7-17.2)
MF-417, loc. 71 65°53'-65°58'N, 162°57'-163°08'W

River rises in limestone terrain; most of its course is though schist with
thin interbedded limestone. Young lava forms rim rock on valley walls.

Lava buried at least one old channel which has been traced down tributaries
into Inmachuk R. valley and from which gold was reconcentrated. Some of the
gravel that has been mined may be correlative with Kougarok Gravel of Hopkins
(late Tertiary to early Pleistocene). Much of gravel mined was frozen.
Concentrate from dredge contained much cinnabar in pebbles as much as 0.5 in
in diameter. No large-scale mining until Fairhaven Ditch brought water from
Imuruk Lake in 1908. One or two dredges were reported to be operating in
nearly every year between 1913 and 1918 and between 1931 and 1940. Other
types of mining were reported in some of these and most other years, 1903-
1940. Deposits, although extensively mined, are not exhausted. .

(Joe Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.95, 6.55)
MF-417, loc. 41 65°22'N, 164°44'wW

Before 1906 some gold had been mined near mouth of creek.

(Joseph Cr.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben
NE1/4 quad.

Creek not shown on available maps, Mining in 1916 reported.

(Jump Cr.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (21.3-21.5, 16.2)
MF-417, loc. 64 65°53'-65°S4'N, 162°00-164°04'W

Major tributary of Candle Cr. on which gold was discovered in 1901. Mining
was reported or implied in 1914, 1916-1918, 1927-1933, 1936-1940 and probably
was carried on in many of the intervening years. Much of the mining was in
the part of the creek in the Candle quad.; references are not sufficiently
detailed to determine to which quad. they apply, so all are summarized here.

(Knowles Cr.) Gold (2)

Koyuk district Bendeleben (16.5, 8.5) approx. (?)
65°28'N, 162°44'W approx. (?)

Prospecting, but no data on results. Bedrock schist. This is probably the
stream called Big Bar Cr. in Smith and Eakin, 1911 (B 449), p. 114. See also
(Big Bar Cr.).

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Synonyms, Owners, Operators, and Claim Names

(Admiral Cr.) -- see (Camp Cr., trib. Tubutulik R.)
Alaska Dredging Association -- see (Candle Cr.)
Alaska Kougarok Co. -- see (Kougarok R.), (Taylor Cr.)
Alaska-Kougarok Dredging Co. -- see (Kougarok R.)
Alaska Taylor Mining Co. -- see (Kougarok R.)
Alexander -- see (Dahl Cr.)

Anderson -- see (Macklin Cr.)

Arctic Circle Exploration, Inc. -- see (Candle Cr.)
(Balmof Gulch) -- see (Balm of Gilead Gulch)

Bandy -- see Foster

Behring Dredging Co. -- See (Kougarok R.), (Taylor Cr.)
Benson -- see Foster

Berg —- see Independence

Bering Dredging Co. -- see (Kougarok R.), (Taylor Cr.)
Blue Goose (Mining Co.) -- see (Ophir Cr.)

Bodis -- see (Dick Cr.)

Candle Creek Dredging Co. -- see (Candle Cr.)

Candle Creek Mining Co. -- see (Candle Cr.)

Candle Ditch Co. —- see (Candle Cr.)

Carroll ~- see (Kougarok R.)

Coal Creek Dredging Co. -- see (Kougarok R.)

Coffee Creek Mining Co. -- see (Camp Cr., trib. Coffee Cr.), (Coffee Cr.)
Continental Gold Mining Co. -- see (Henry Cr.), (Merritt Gulch)
Cordovado Mining Co. -— see (Pinnell R.)

Crooked Creek Dredging Co. -- see (Albion Cr.), (Crooked Cr.)
Dahl Creek Mining Co. -- see (Dahl Cr.)

Darby -—- see Foster

Dashley -- see (Inmachuk R.)

Dearborn Investment Co. -- see (Kugruk R.)

Deering Dredging & Mining Co. -- see (Inmachuk R.)

Dick Creek Mining Co. -- see (Dick Cr.)

Dry -- see Foster

Dry Creek Dredging Co. -- see (Inmachuk R.), (Pinnell R.)
Dry Creek Mining Co. -- see (Inmachuk R,), (Pinnell R.)
Fairhaven Ditch Co. -- see (Inmachuk R.)

Fairhaven Ditch & Hydraulic Co. -- see (Inmachuk R.)
Fairhaven Ditch & Water Co. -- see (Inmachuk R.)
Fairhaven Gold Dredging Co. -- see (Candle Cr.)

Fernegal & Hanson -— see (Crooked Cr.)

Flodin & Hutton -- see (Dick Cr.)

Flume Dredging Co. -- see (Crooked Cr.), (Ophir Cr.)
Farsgren (& Vollmer) Dredging Co.) -- see (Inmachuk R.)
Fox Bar Dredging Co. -- see (Kougarok R.)

French -- see (Jump Cr.)

Fries (Dredging Co. ) -— see (Inmachuk R.)

(Gem Cr.) -- see (Game Cr.)

Godfrey -- see (Kougarok R.)

Golden Center Mines, Inc. -- see (Candle Cr.)

Golofnin Bay Mining Co. -- see Omilak

Gossan -- see Foster

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(Boulder Cr.) Gold

Kougarok district Bendeleben (4.9, 9.95)
MF-417, loc. 47 65°33'N, 164°19'W

Bedrock mainly calcareous schist and limestone with minor amounts of graph-

itic schist. Coarse, rounded gold from upper 4-5 ft of gravel. Mining
reported in 1901, 1907, 1909, 1918, and 1940.

(Bryan Cr.) Gold(?)

Serpentine district Bendeleben (0.0, 14.6) approx.
65°50'N, 165°00'W approx.

Preparatory work in 1901 reported; no further mention of this creek. If
there ever was any mining it probably was near the mouth of Dick Cr.

(Buzzard Gulch) (Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (5.9, 9.2)
MF-417, loc. 51 65°31'N, 164°1L'W

Country rock is schist with quartz-calcite veins, from which gold in the
placers was evidently derived. Placer deposit is a few feet of stream
gravel beneath 20-30 ft of frozen peat and silt. Mining was reported for
1936-40 and 1947-48.

(California Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.35, 11.1)
MF-417, loc. 31 65°38'N, 164°49'W

Gold in benches about 20 ft above stream near mouth. Some gold also in
floodplain.

(Camp Cr., trib. Coffee Cr.) Gold(?)

Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.8, 5,35)
65°18'N, 164°45'W

In 1929 land on Coffee Cr. and Camp Cr. was surveyed for patent. Any
mining on Camp Cr. probably was reported with that on Coffee Cr.

(Camp Cr., trib. Tubutulik R.) Gold
Koyuk district Bendeleben (21.35, 1.1) approx.
MF-417, loc. 58 65°02'N, 162°07'W approx.

Bedrock is schist. Small-scale mining in early 1900's.

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(Tubutulik R.) Gold

Koyuk district Bendeleben
SE1/4SE1/4 quad.

Doubtful that there ever was productive mining. Gold on river bars.

(Turner Cr.) Gold

Kougarok district Bendeleben (4.5, 9.5) approx. (7?)
65°32'N, 164°23'W approx. (7?)

Mining reported only in 1938. Good prospects reported in 1901. Bedrock
is limestone and calcareous mica schist; not exposed in lower 4 mi of
stream course.

(Windy Cr., trib. Kougarok R.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.5-1.75, 7.65-7.9)
MF-417, loc. 38 65°27'N, 164°45'-174°47'W

Placers associated with altered graphitic slate veined with abundant carbon-
ate and quartz veinlets and are near a known fault. Most of mining was
near Anderson Gulch, from which placers have been traced for 1,500 ft

along the slope of Windy Cr. valley. Mining reported in 1907-1909; un-
doubtedly carried on in other years also.

(Windy Cr., trib. Telephone Cr.) Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc

Council district Bendeleben (17.45-17.6, 3.2-3.4)
65°10'N, 162°37'-162°38'W

Grab samples of a quartz vein and of fractured monzonite of the Windy Creek
pluton (Cretaceous) contained galena, pyrite, fluorite, and molybdenite.

(Winona Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (5.5, 9.35)
MF-417, loc. 48 65°32'N, 164°15'W

Gold evidently derived from quartz-calcite veins in schist bedrock. Auri-
ferous stream gravels a few feet thick beneath 20-30 ft of frozen peat and
silt. Mining in 1947-1948.

(Wonder Gulch) Gold, Lead, Mercury
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.9, 5.5)
MF-417, locs. 5, 45 65°19'N, 164°44'W

Small gulch with auriferous quartz ledge at head. An attempt to mine it
was not successful. Concentrates from creek contained cinnabar, cerrusite,
and pyromorphite. Small-scale mining reported in 1918, 1931, 1932.

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Unnamed prospect Lead, Silver

Council district Bendeleben (8.5, 3.45)
65°12'N, 163°50'W

Prospect pit with lead and silver; no other data given.

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(Ophir Cr.) Gold

Council district Bendeleben (9.7-9.95, 0.1-1.1)
MF-417, locs. 78, 79 65°00'-65°03'N, 163°39'-163°41'W

Major producing creek in Council district. Bedrock is calcareous schist
and limestone, both of which contain small quartz and calcite veins that
carry sulfide minerals and visible gold; one near mouth of Ophir Cr.
yielded gold when crushed and panned; veins are probable source of gold.
Scheelite reported, probably erroneously, in 1901. Both stream and bench
placers; some concentration by solifluction or other rapid mass movement.
Some of gold in stream placers reconcentrated from terrace gravels. Parts
of stream first worked by simple methods and then reworked later by dredges.
Gold discovered in 1897; mining reported in nearly every year from then to
1940. First dredge installed in 1903; at times as many as 3 dredges were
working in different parts of the creek and in the flats of the Niukluk R.
at the mouth of Ophir Cr. One dredge was operating as recently as 1968.
Most of mining was in Solomon quad., but, as in many references it is impos-
sible to determine what part of Ophir Cr. is discussed, all are summarized
here.

(Otter Cr.) Gold, Silver, Tin
Koyuk district Bendeleben (19.2, 2.05-2.25)
MF-417, locs. 17, 56 65°06'N, 162°24'W

Quartz veinlets in quartz-mica schist contain as much as 0.03 oz Au and 0.27
oz Ag per ton. Nearby alluvium contains cassiterite.

(Oxide Cr.) Gold
Council district Bendeleben (9.4, 1.2)
MF-417, loc. 77 65°04'N, 163°43'W

Gold has been produced; no other data given.

(Pargon Mtn.) Mica

Council district Bendeleben (10.5, 3.25) approx.
65°11'N, 163°35'W approx.

Books of muscovite found as float. Some said to have been used for stove
windows and lamps in early 1900's. Claims relocated in 1943 and some explora-
tory work done. Includes reference to (Oregon Cr.).

(Patterson Cr.) Gold, Lead, Silver
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (20.75-21,2, 15.2-15.3)
MF-417, locs. 10, 65 65°50'H65°S1'N, 162°02'-162°06'W

A major tributary of Candle Cr. Mining was reported or implied in 1909, 1918,
1924, 1927-1933, 1937-1940; probably was carried on in most other years after

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(Garfield Cr.) Gold

Kougarok district Bendeleben (3.65, 8.0)
MF-417, loc. 40 65°27'N, 164°30'W

Creek flows in broad valley with benches and cover of moss and muck. Early
investigators thought gold was on false bedrock, but Sainsbury and others
(1969, OF 377) consider it to be intensely altered and mashed slaty bedrock,
probably near a thrust fault. About $25,000 in coarse, dark-colored, irregular
gold mined in 1900-1901. Mining also reported in 1906, 1907, and 1918.

(Glacier Cr.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (20.6, 10.6)
MF-417, loc. 60 65°35'N, 162°09'W

Gold values found for 1.5 miles above Candle ditch intake. Bedrock is
interbedded schist and limestone. Mining in 1908, 1909, 1927 reported.
Production may have been about 20 kg of gold.

(Goldbottom Cr.) Gold
Council district Bendeleben (8.55, 0.35)
MF-417, loc. 76 65°O1'N, 163°51'W

Bedrock is schist and limestone cut by quartz veins and lenses, some of
which contain pyrite. In 1903, fine, angular gold was sluiced from 3 ft
of schist gravel beneath 2 ft of sod and muck near head of creek. All
other mining on Goldbottom Cr. was in Solomon quad.

(Gold Run) Gold, Kyanite, Tungsten
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (21.25-21.75, 10.15-10.65)
MF-417, loc. 61 65°33'-65°35'N, 162°00'-162°04'W

Gold discovered in 1908 on upper part of creek in ground 6-12 ft deep. Con-
siderable mining in 1909. Small-scale mining or prospecting annually 1927-
40. Kyanite in bedrock in a placer cut. Concentrate sample from 11 mi
above mouth of creek largely kyanite, scheelite, and wolframite. Part of
stream is in Candle quad.; some of data in references may apply only to

that part of creek.

(Goose Cr.) (Gulch) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (6.1, 9.25)
MF-417, loc. 52 65°31'N, 164°10'W

Placers consist of a few feet of auriferous gravel beneath 20-30 ft of
frozen peat and silt. Gold evidently derived from quartz-calcite veins in
schist bedrock. Gold discovered in 1900. Mining carried on intermittently
until as recently as 1948.

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(Collins Cr.) Gold, Lead(?)

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (12.8, 16.0
MF-417, loc. 70 65°S4'N, 163°22'W

Coarse gold reported; no data on mode of occurrence or production history.
Lead minerals said to have been found.

(Crooked Cr.) Gold, Mercury(?), Silver
Council district Bendeleben (9.2-9.9, 0.35-0.8)
MF-417, locs. 12, 13, 80 65°01'-65902'N, 164°40'-164°44'W

Bedrock and gravels composed of schist and limestone. A mineralized zone
near mouth of creek is about 12 ft wide, in schistose limestone, and con-
tains vein quartz and pyrite; sample said to assay as high as 0.06 oz
gold per ton and a trace of silver. A similar lode near head of creek
consists of quartz veins containing as much as 2 oz gold per ton. Much
of the placer gold is probably of local derivation; a specimen from near
mouth was fragile and crystalline. Placers are in creek gravel and in
benches; one near head is probably residual. Near junction with Ophir
Cr. pay streak was 250 ft wide, 6 ft thick, and averaged $4.50 (gold at
$20.67) per yd3. Concentrates mainly garnet and magnetite; some topaz.
Mining began in 1900. Dredging reported in most years from 1914 to 1922;
other types of mining reported in most years between 1904 and 1907 and
between 1928 and 1935. An early report of cinnabar and amalgam has not
been confirmed.

(Cunningham Cr.) (Gulch) Gold, Lead, Silver
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (11.9-12.0, 16.45)
MF-417, loc. 75 65°56'N, 163919'-163920'W

Tributary of Hannum Cr. on which gold mining was reported in 1901, 1903,
1927, 1959-63; probably was mining in other years also. Bedrock schist
and limestone. Argentiferous galena and pyrite in creek gravels and in
colluvial material in creek bank. Manganese minerals present. Deposit
seems to be derived from contact zone between limestone and schist,
which can be traced to Hannum lead prospect.

(Dahl Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.75-2.1, 6.1-6.4)
MF-417, loc. 42 65°21'-65°22'N, 164°42'-164°45'W

Bedrock is phyllite or mica schist with many clay-rich altered zones con-
taining ground-up vein quartz. Much of placer gold is intergrown with
quartz; probably derived from altered zones. Both creek and bench placers
were worked; false bedrock reported in old reports is altered bedrock.
Mammoth and horse bones in frozen muck over placer deposits. Production
reported intermittently from 1901 to as recently as 1967. Gold nuggets
worth more than $100 (gold at $35) have been recovered.

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(Candle Cr.) Copper, Gold, Lead, Thorium, Uranium

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (21.15-21.5, 14.8-15.55)
MF~417, locs. 66-68 65°49'-65°51'N, 162°00'-162°04'W

Bedrock is mainly Paleozoic schist and limestone; cut by many quartz
veins and granitic dikes. Some galena veins were uncovered during placer
mining; dredge concentrates from gravel downstream from them were mainly
galena. The creek placers are 12-18 ft of gravel beneath 10-20 ft of tun-
dra; bench placers 4-10 ft of gravel beneath 5-10 ft of tundra. The creek
gravels were first mined by simple methods until the first dredge was in-
stalled in about 1914. One or two dredges operated in almost every year
until at least as recently as World War II. Bench gravels were worked
mainly by large hydraulic plants. A concentrate sample collected in 1917
contained magnetite, hematite, ilmenite, limonite, zircon, garnet, sphene,
rutile, pyrite, galena, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, and a uranium-thorium
mineral; eU was greater than 5.0%. Samples collected in 1945 did not dis-
close significant radioactivity. Most of the mining on Candle Cr. was in
the Candle quad., but many references are not sufficiently detailed to in-
dicate to which quad. they are applicable and all are therefore summarized
here and listed in Part B.

(Chicago Cr.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (18.15, 16.35) approx.
MF-417, loc. 62 65°54'N, 162928'W approx.

Gold-bearing gravel present; was some mining

(Coarse Gold Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.7, 10.35)
MF-417, loc. 33 65°35'N, 164°46'W

Was very little production of placer gold. Bedrock diorite and schist.

(Coffee Cr.) Gold, Mercury
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.4-2.35, 5.3-5.6)
MF-417, locs. 43-45 65°18'-65°19'N, 164°42'-164°48'N

Most of stream cut in gravel covered by muck. Near head rich placer
ground was found in a residual placer; deposit is 4-7 ft of angular
schist and quartz debris. Angular, spongy, bright gold in deposit and
in weathered schist bedrock; probably derived from mineralized altered
mineralized zone in nedrock. Lower part of course in terrace gravel;
schist bedrock exposed in placer workings. Cinnabar has been found in
concentrates. Mining began in 1901 and was reported 1906-09, 1913-15,
1918, 1927, 1937, 1940, and after World War II.

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1909. Placer drift mining exposed several galena veins 8 in to 1 ft wide;
some said to contain considerable silver. A shaft sunk on a vein 3 ft wide,
which was reported to have pinched out within a few feet. A placer concen-
trate sample panned from old tailings in 1945 was slightly radioactive

(eU .002%).

(Perry Cr.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (13.7, 14.55)
MF-417, loc. 75 65°49'N, 163°03'W

Gravel beneath a lava flow is auriferous, but no great amount of gold was
mined. Gravel may be correlative with Kougarok Gravel (late Tertiary and
early Pleistocene(?) of Hopkins. Bedrock mica schist.

(Pinnell R.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (13,75-13.85, 15.35-15.7)
MF-417, loc. 72 65°52'-65°53'N, 163°04'=163°05'W

Drains area east of Asses Ears. Bedrock schist with many quartz-calcite
veins, which are probable source of gold in placers, Old channel beneath
lava rim rock can be-traced down left side of valley and across Inmachuk
R. Principal mine was a hydraulic operation near junction with Inmachuk
R.; operated 1929-1934, 1936. Includes references to (Purnell R.).

(Pish R.) Tin (2)

Serpentine district Bendeleben (3.2, 15.5) approx.
65°55'N, 164°24'W approx.

Tin said to be present; no other data given. Pish R. is parallel to and
near Humboldt Cr., which does carry considerable cassiterite.

(Quartz Cr.) Gold, Tungsten
Kougarok district Bendeleben (2.05-2.4, 6.2-6.5)
MF-417, loc. 42 65°22'N, 164°42'W

Bedrock is phyllite on mica schist. Upper part of valley is cut in bedrock
and lower part in terraces of Kougarok R. Gold both on bedrock and on
false bedrock of blue clay. Some gold probably reconcentrated from older
gravel. Gravels in some tributaries contain scheelite. Much of gold in
lower part of course probably contributed by Dahl Cr. Mining reported in
1900, 1901, 1908, 1918, 1940.

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(Esperanza Cr.) Gold

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (8.3, 14.2) approx.
MF-417, loc. 55 65°48'N, 163°52'W approx.

Shallow, narrow paystreak in bed of narrow creek between muck banks. There
was a little mining in 1909.

(Eureka Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (2.2, 10.7)
MF-417, loc. 34 65°37'N, 164°42'W

A small amount of fine gold has been recovered about a mile above mouth
from gravel consisting of schist and vein-quartz pebbles.

Foster Gold, Lead, Silver
Council district Bendeleben (17.95, 0.75)
MF-417, loc. 15 65°O1'N, 162°34'W

Gossan of galena (some nodules as much as 2 ft in diameter) and secondary
lead and iron minerals on crest of anticline in bleached and weathered
siliceous limestone. Assays showed as much as 25.6% Pb, 7.6% Zn (no zinc
mineral reported), 0.03% Sn, 14.9 oz Ag and 0.06 oz Au per ton, and traces
of Sb and Cu. Deposit drilled and-trenched and a few tons of hand-picked
ore saved, but no commercial production.

(Frost Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (6.35, 9.8)
MF-417, loc. 54 65°33'N, 164°O7'W

No data given other than report that gravel is-auriferous. In this general
area placers consist of a few feet of auriferous gravel overlain by 20-30
ft of frozen peat and silt. Gold evidently derived from quartz-calcite
veins in schist bedrock.

(Game Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben
W1/2 quad.

Mining reported, 1939-1940. No data on occurrence or location. Includes
reference to (Gem Cr.).

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Granby-Alaska Co. -— see Omilak

Grant Mining Co. -— see (Coffee Cr.)
(Grove Cr.) -- see (Grouse Cr., trib. Tubutulik R.)
(Harry(s) Cr.) -- see Hannum

Henry Creek Gold Dredging Co. -- see (Kougarok R.)

Homestake -——- see (Inmachuk R.)

Hoogendorn -— see (Discovery Gulch) (Cr.), (Inmachuk R.)

(Hot Springs) -- see (Hot Springs Cr.)

Inmachuk Gold Dredging Co. -- see (Inmachuk R.)

(Ipnichuk R.) -- see (Inmachuk R.)

Jim -- see Foster

Johnson -- see (Candle Cr.), (Kugruk R.)

Johnston -- see (Cunningham Cr.)

Kanari -- see (Kougarok R.)

Keenan & Castleton -- see (Kougarok R.)

Kelliher (Dredging Co.) ~— see (Kougarok R.)

Kimball & Saupe -~ see (Ophir Cr.)

Kougarok Consolidated Placers Inc. -~ see (Kougarok R.)

Kougarok Mining Co. -- see (Kougarok R.)

Kugruk -~ see (Kugruk R.)

Kugruk Galena Mines -- see Independence

Kugruk Mines, Inc. -- see (Kugruk R.)

Lammers-Fitzpatrick Mining & Exploration Co. -- see (Buzzard Gulch)

Laurin Bros. -~see (Macklin Cr.)

Mascot Mining Co. — see (Kougarok R.)

Mebes & Hanson -- see (Albion Cr.)

(Midnight Cr.) -- see (Humboldt Cr.)

Midnight Sun Mining Co. -- see (Boulder Cr.)

Nashenweng -- see (Dahl Cr.), (Quartz Cr.)

(Nesbit Cr.) -- see unnamed occurrence, copper, gold(?), at 65°10'N,
136°49'W approx.

North American Mines, Inc. -— see (Inmachuk R.)

Northern Light Mining Co. ~~ see (Ophir Cr.)

North Fork Dredging Co. -- see (Harris Cr.)

Omalik -- see Omilak

Omilak Gold & Silver Mining Co. -— see Omilak

Oonilak ~- see Omilak

Ophir Gold Dredging Co. -- see (Ophir Cr.)

(Oregon Cr.) -- see (Pargon Mtn.)

Ost ~~ see (Pargon Mtn.)

Perkeypile & Ford -- see Independence

Pioneer -~ see Omilak

Polar Bear -- see (Inmachuk R.)

Poppy -- see Foster

Purkeypile & Ford -- see Independence

(Purnell R.) -~ see (Pinnell R.)

Ridge -- see Foster

Rolando -- see (Game Cr.)

Russian-American Mining Exploration Co. -~ see Omilak

(Salmon Cr.) -- see (Solomon Cr.)

Smith & Shane -~ see (Jump Cr.)

Stick & Co. -~ see (Albion Cr.)

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

SUMMARIES OF DATA ON AND LISTS OF REFERENCES TO
METALLIC AND SELECTED NONMETALLIC MINERAL OCCURRENCES
IN THE BENDELEBEN QUADRANGLE, ALASKA,
SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-429

PART A -- SUMMARIES OF DATA TO JANUARY 1, 1980

By
Edward H. Cobb

Open-file Report 81-363A
1981

This report is preliminary and has
not been reviewed for conformity

with U.S. Geological Survey editorial
standards.



(Hannum Cr.) Gold, Lead, Silver, Tin

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (12.15-13.0, 16.0-16.35)
MF-417, locs. 8, 69 65°54'-65°56'N, 163°11'-163919'W

Bedrock is schist and slate with occasional thin limestone beds; lava rim
rock on valley walls. Gold probably derived from quartz-calcite veins in
schist. Stream gravel mainly schist and quartz. A mineralized shear zone
that extends between Harrys and Hannum Creeks contains argentiferous ga-
lena and sphalerite. Placer gold concentrated on bedrock (mainly schist
decomposed to blue clay). Concentrates contain lead minerals and cassi-
terite. Gold discovered in 1901 and reported to have been mined in 1901,
1903, 1909; probably also was mining in other years in early 1900's. See
also Hannum.

(Harris Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (3.0-3.55, 10.8-11.0)
MF-417, loc. 35 65°37'-65°39'N, 164930'-164935'w

Bedrock is schist; overlying carbonate rocks for 3 mi above mouth are
part of a kiippe. Valley broad in upper part, but narrows to a canyon

2 mi above mouth. Best prospects in part of course underlain by carbon-
ate rocks. All gold is rough. Mining in 7 years between 1901 and 1927
reported; probably was some in many other years; some dredging reported.
Old concentrate sample said to have come from Harris Cr. contained 1.335%
eU; could not be duplicated in 1946 investigation.

(Henry Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.15, 11.4)
MF-417, loc. 29 65°39'N, 164°50'W

Bedrock mainly schist intruded by many greenstone bodies; limestone at
extreme head of creek. Gold flat and relatively coarse. A little min-
ing reported between 1903 and 1906; mining reported in 1927 and 1937.

(Homestake Cr.) Gold, Tungsten
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.2-1.35, 11.9-12.0)
MF-417, loc. 37 65°41'N, 164948'-164°S0'W

Bedrock is graphitic and calcareous mica schist. Some gold in gravel for
full length of creek. Some of gold coarse; one nugget found in 1906 or
earlier worth $14.40. Scheelite in pkacers. Mining reported in 1903,
1918, 1927.

(Hot Springs Cr.) Mercury, RE, Uranium

Serpentine district Bendeleben (1.8-3.2, 14.25-15.3)
65°49'-65953'N, 164932'-164°45 'W

Headwaters draingranitic stock cut by pegmatitic quartz-muscovite veins
and felsic dikes. Pan concentrate from a smll gully contained cinnabar.
Some bedrock and gravel samples contained allanite, sphene, zircon, and
secondary uranium minerals. Includes reference to (Hot Springs).

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(Granite Cr.) Lead (?)

Koyuk district Bendeleben (17,95, 4.55)
65°14'N, 162°33'wW

Siliceous metasedimentary rocks cut by thin quartz-fluorite veins locally
contain disseminated galena(?). Altered intrusive rocks nearby.

(Grouse Cr., trib. Noxapaga R.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (5.15, 9.05)
MF-417, loc. 49 65°31'N, 164°13'W

Gold reported to have been found by 1906. Placer deposit consists of a few
feet of auriferous gravel beneath 20-30 ft of frozen peat and silt. Gold
evidently derived from quartz-calcite veins in schist bedrock. Mining
reported in 1947-48, 1957.

(Grouse Cr., trib. Tubutulik R.) Gold
Koyuk district Bendeleben (20.6, 1.4)
MF-417, loc. 57 65°03'N, 162°13'w

In 1948 signs of old placer-gold mining were observed. Stream flows from
basalt terrain in headwaters along contact between granite and Paleozoic
carbonate rocks, black slate, and schist. A slightly radioactive heavy-
mineral concentrate contained ilmenite, magnetite, garnet, and sphene.
Includes reference to (Grove Cr.).

Hannum Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver,
Zine

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (11.75, 16.35)

MF-417, loc. 7 65°56'N, 163°21'W

Sulfide-bearing material as much as several feet thick disseminated in
siliceous sthist that underlies dolomitized marble containing irregular
veins or pods of partly oxidized sulfides. Minerals identified include
galena, pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and rhodochrosite;
assays showed 0.05% Cu, 0.12%-10.0% Pb, 0.38%-2.2% Zn, 0.04 oz or less per
ton Au, and 1.76 or dess per ton Ag. Zone extends from Harrys Cr. to
Hannum Cr. Pebbles and cobbles of massive galena abundant in stream bed
of Harrys Cr. downstream from dolomitized zone. Includes references to
(Harry(s) Cr.). See also (Hannum Cr.).

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(Dick Cr.) Gold, Tin, Tungsten

Serpentine district Bendeleben (0.0-0.25, 13.6-14.55)
MF-417, loc. 19 65°46'-65°49'N, 164°57'-165°00'W

Only site of commercial placer mining in Serpentine district. Scheelite
and cassiterite in concentrates. Dredge operated in 1914. Most of mining
by nonfloat methods between 1916 and 1952 when the deposit was worked out.

(Discovery Gulch) (Cr.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (13.8, 15.7) approx. (?)
MF-417, loc. 71 65°53'N, 163°05'W approx. (7)

Mining from at least 1936 through 1939. No data on mode of occurrence or
amount of production. According to D. M. Hopkins (oral commun., 1/18/67)
this gulch is probably near the mouth of the Pinnell R.

(Dixie Cr.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (19.1, 9.6)
MF-417, loc. 59 65°31'N, 162°22'W

Small-scale placer mining in 1903. No data on deposit.

(Dome Cr.) Gold(?)

Koyuk district Bendeleben
SE1/4NE1/4 quad.

Good prospects reported in 1901; no data on occurrence; no exact location
given.

(Dreamy Gulch) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.5, 11.55)
MF-417, loc. 30 65°40'N, 164°48'W

Small gulch carrying coarse gold in 3-4 ft of gravel on calcareous schist
bedrock. Mined in 1903.

(Eagle Gulch) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (2.1, 5.5) approx.
MF-417, loc. 45 65°19'N, 164°43'W approx.

A small hydraulic plant operated in 1931-32. No other data.

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Unnamed occurrence Copper

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (18.15, 9.35)
65°3L'N, 162°30'W

Vein of solid chalcopyrite about 4 in thick in a limestone cliff; above a
very large magnetic anomaly.

Unnamed occurrence Copper, Gold(?)
Council district Bendeleben (8.75, 3.0) approx.
MF-417, loc. 11 65°10'N, 163°49'W approx.

Chalcopyrite disseminated in lenses and stringers and alteration products
near contact between limestone and schist. Gold also reported. Includes
reference to (Nesbit Cr.).

Unnamed prospect Copper, Lead, Silver

Council district Bendeleben (8.3, 3.6)
65°12'N, 163°52'W

Prospect pit with reported copper, lead, and silver next to an altered
Cretaceous or Tertiary dike in Precambrian metamorphic rocks.

Unnamed occurrence Fluorite

Council district Bendeleben (17.55, 3.05) approx.
65°09'N, 167°37'W approx.

Quartz veins as much as 3 ft wide and traceable for several hundred feet
contain colorless to greenish fluorite intimately intergrown with quartz;
fluorite content variable.

Unnamed occurrence Iron, Lead, Silver
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (12.1, 15.2) approx.
MF-417, loc. 6 65°52'N, 163°19'W approx.

Galena, said to be argentiferous, limonite, magnetite, and pyrite in speci-
mens from ridge between Collins Cr. and Inmachuk R.

Unnamed occurrence Lead
Council district Bendeleben (17.95, 0.75)
MF-417, loc. 16 65°O1L'N, 162°33'W

Sample from small gossan contained 6.3% lead. Cerrusite and galena in
gossan.



(Balm of Gilead Gulch) Gold

Council district Bendeleben (9.65, 0.4)
MF-417, loc. 82 65°OL'N, 163°42'W

Gold in 2-4 ft of broken and creviced limestone bedrock beneath 5 ft of
soil. Richest deposits in crevices. Includes reference to (Balmof Gulch).

(Bella Cr.) Gold (?)

Serpentine district Bendeleben (0.8, 1.4) approx.
65°48'N, 164°54'W approx.

No record of mining; preparatory work only; no data on occurrence of gold,
if any.

(Big Bar Cr.) Gold (2)

Koyuk district Bendeleben
NE1/4SE1/4 quad.

Prospecting reported, but no other data. This is probably the stream called
Knowles Cr. in other references. See also (Knowles Cr.)

Billiken Copper, Iron

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (18.05, 12.6)
65°42'N, 162°30'W

Brecciated magnetite cemented by dolomite and locally cut by pyrite-chalco-
pyrite veinlets.

(Birch Cr.) Mica

Koygarok district Bendeleben (7.65, 4.4) approx.
65°15'N, 162°27'W approx.

Pegmatite with mica in plates 6 in or more in diameter reported. Tourmaline
is an important accessory mineral.

(Black Cr.) (Gulch) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (5.8, 9.25)
MF-417, loc. 50 65°31L'N, 164°12'wW

Bedrock in area is schist with many quartz-calcite veins from which the gold
in the placers was evidently derived, Placers are auriferous stream gravels
a few feet thick beneath 20-30 ft of frozen peat and silt. Mammal bones in
gravel, which is probably Illinoisan to Recent in age. Profitable mining
probably began in 1937 and was in progress as recently as 1948.

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(Kougarok R.) Copper, Gold, Lead, Mercury, Silver, Tin

Kougarok district Bendeleben (0,5-2.05, 9.55-12.2)
MF-417, locs. 1, 23, 24 65°33'-65°44'N, 164°43'-164°56'W

Major productive stream in Kougarok district; mining practically continuously
from about 1900 to at least as recently as 1968, with one or two dredges
mining from 1913 to as recently as 1940 in stream gravels and with major non-
float operations on benches. Bedrock is complexly faulted pre-Ordovician
metasedimentary and mafic volcanic or intrusive rocks and younger Paleozoic
carbonate rocks. Quartz veins that carry pyrite and/or copper sulfides are
common. One copper-sulfide-bearing vein in metamorphosed limestone is near
the mouth of Taylor Cr. Placer concentrates contain gold, magnetite, pyrite,
galena, a silvery sulfide mineral containing Ag, Bi, and Sn, cassiterite,

and gold-cemented quartz. Most of the major placer gold deposits are spa-
tially correlated with altered high-angle or thrust zones which contain
crushed quartz veinlets or fine-grained silica with pyrite. Includes refer-
ences to (Washington Cr.).

(Kougarok R., North Fork) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (3.15, 10.7)
MF-417, loc. 36 65°37'N, 164°34'W

Bedrock in area is interbedded schist and limestone. Gold probably derived
from small quartz veins in schist. Where mined bedrock is limestone; much
of gold was recovered from crevices in top 3 ft. Concentrates mainly hema-
tite and magnetite. Most of reported mining was in 1908 and earlier.

(Kugruk R.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (18.25, 15.85)
MF-417, loc. 63 65°53'N, 162°27'W approx.

Major stream between Inmachuk and Kiwalik drainages. Bedrock schist, lime-
stone, and Tertiary coal-bearing continental rocks. Placer gold mining was
near Chicago Cr. Production (at least part from drift mining) 1903-05 was
$150,000. Dredging in 1913, 1914, and possibly in 1915 or 1916. Mining
reported 1925, 1927, 1935-1937, 1940. Some may have been by dredge, as an
abandoned dredge lay in the river in 1970. Includes references to Kugruk.
See also Independence.

(Macklin Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.05-1.55, 12.84-13.3)
MF-417, loc. 26 65°44'-65°45'N, 164°47'-164°S1'W

A principal headwater fork of Kougarok R. and the site of major nonfloat
mining. Geology similar to that along Kougarok R.; very few data appli-
cable specifically to Macklin Cr. area. Mining reported intermittently from
1901 until as recently as 1940.

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(Noxapaga R.) Gold

Kougarok district Bendeleben (6.2, 9.2)
MF-417, loc. 53 65°31'N, 164°04'W

A small patch of old gravel (Kougarok Gravel of Hopkins) near mouth of
Goose Cr. is sparsely auriferous; not mined.

(Nutroyuk Cr.) Copper

Koyuk district Bendeleben (19.8, 4.85)
65°15'N, 162°18'W

Marble, locally dolomitic and silicified, cut by quartz veinlets and some
oxidized sulfide veinlets. Minor malachite staining.

(Old Glory Cr.) Gold, Tin
Kougarok district Bendeleben (13.05-13.75, 15.0-15.35)
MF-417, loc. 72 65°51'-65°52'N, 163°05'-163°11'W

Stream flows from limestone terrain across schist belt that forms natural
riffles in stream bed. Quartz in lenses and stringers in schist is probable
source of gold. Concentrates contain cassiterite. Gold mined in 1900 and
intermittently for about 10 years.

Omilak Antimony, Gold, Lead, Silver
Council district Bendeleben (17.15, 0.95)
MF-417, loc. 14 65°02'N, 162°41'W

One of the first productive mines in Alaska. Operated 1881-1890 and shipped
300-400 tons of ore that averaged 10% lead and 4 oz silver per ton; 41 tons
of hand-picked ore contained 75% lead and 142 oz silver per ton. Sporadic
attempts to reopen the mine until early 1920's were not successful. Work-
ings consisted of a 180-ft shaft, 2 working levels, a 500-ft adit. Deposit
consists of argentiferous galena, stibnite, and gold in irregular, discon-
tinuous replacement lodes in slightly recrystallized, dolomitic limestone
intercalated with schist on the west limb of a gently northward-plunging
anticline. Sulfides are locally oxidized to secondary minerals. Mineralized
rock is marked by small-scale folds and faults, but there is no evidence of
major faulting at the mine. One analyzed sample contained 0.2% tin.

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(Albion Gulch) (Cr.) Gold

Council district Bendeleben (9.55, 0.5)
MF-417, loc. 81 65°OL'N, 163°43'W

Stream flows across strike of schists and limestone. Gravels, all of
local derivation, carry gold for entire length of stream. At least one
“hillside placer." Intermittent mining from 1907 to 1936; dredge operated
1924-27.

(American Cr.) Gold, Tin
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (13.3, 14.9)
MF-417, loc. 73 65°50'N, 163°08'W

Small amounts of placer gold; cassiterite has been found.

(Anderson Gulch) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.6, 7.85)
MF-417, loc. 38 65°27'N, 164°46'W

Bedrock silvery mica schist with much iron-stained quartz. Gravels
2-4 ft thick; top 1.5-2 ft of bedrock also removed.

(Andesite Cr.) Diatomite

Kougarok district Bendeleben (7.2-7.9, 9.9-10.3)
64°24'-64°35'N, 163°55'-164°00'W

Diatomite of Quaternary age accumulated in a lava-dammed lake and is
partially overlain by a later flow. Exposure of purest material is about
2,500,000 ft” in area; thickness not known because stream and lake banks
(4-10 ft high) do not show base. Material becomes darker to southwest.

(Arctic Cr.) Copper
Kougarok district Bendeleben (2.25, 11.3)
MF-417, loc. 3 65°39'N, 164°41'W

Banded. fine-grained silica containing pyrite and traces of chalcopyrite
locally replaced limestone in 2 small klippen. Name not used in several
references.

(Arizona Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.55, 10.75)
MF-417, loc. 32 65°37'N, 164°47'W

Gold in benches as much as 70 ft above stream and in floodplain. Most of
mining apparently in bench gravels of Kougarok R.

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Taylor Creek Ditch Co. -- see (Kougarok R.)
Tweet Bros. -- see (Kougarok R.)

Utica -- see (Inmachuk R.)

Utuan -- see Foster

Waldhelm -- see (Dahl Cr.)

(Washington Cr.) -- see (Kougarok R.)

Wells Bros. -- see (Henry Cr.), (Merritt Gulch)
Would Be -- see Foster

Xavier -- see (Gold Run)

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Introduction

This report was prepared as a supplement to a 1975 report which
summarized data on mineral occurrences in the Bendeleben quadrangle,
Alaska (Cobb, E. H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences
(other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben
quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 75-429, 120
unnumbered p-)- As a result of suggestions from users of the series of
which the 1975 report is a part, this supplement is released in two parts;
Part A, which presents summaries of data to January 1, 1980, and Part B,
which consists of reference lists for each occurrence.

In Part A data from reports released between the cut-off date
(January 1, 1975) for the original report and January 1, 1980 have been
incorporated in rewritten or new summaries where appropriate; if there
are no new data on a deposit the original summary is repeated. For each
deposit the name, list of mineral commodities, and location data are in
the same format is in the 1975 report. Also included is an updated list
of synonyms, owner, operator, and claim names.

In Part B citations are in standard biblographic format with the ex-
ception that references to reports and maps in numbered publication series
also show, in parentheses, an abbreviation for the report or map series
and the number of the report or map. Abbreviations used are:

AOF Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
Open-file Report

B U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin

BMB U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin

c U.S. Geological Survey Circular

GR Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
and predecessor State agencies Geologic Report

OF U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report

MF U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map

P U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper

RI U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations

TDM Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet

USBM OF U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-file Report
Citations to the principal references used in preparing the summaries in
Part A are preceeded by an asterisk.

Because the form of citation used in the reference:list for each
deposit constitutes sufficient identification of each numbered report or
map to allow it to be found easily in most libraries, the general refer-
ence list in this report consists only of reports without formal identi-
fying numbers, Numbers given to Geological Survey Open-file Reports
listed with complete titles are informal and are used mainly in the Branch
of Alaskan Geology of the Geological Survey.

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(Humboldt Cr.) Gold, Lead, Silver, Tin

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (4.0-4.15, 14.4-14.8)
MF-417, locs. 2, 20 65°49'-65°S1'N, 164°25'-164°26'W

Bedrock is pre-Ordovician slate, schist, and schistose limestone (intruded
by mafic rocks) in thrust-fault contact with younger Paleozoic carbonate
rocks; intruded by granitic stock, which hornfelsed surrounding rocks; fol-
lowed by episode of movement on high-angle faults. Altered zone with anoma-
lous concentrations of many metals crosses upper part of basin. Silver-rich
galena crops out in southwestern headwater area. Placer deposits are stream
gravels that contain gold and so much coarse (up to 4 in in diameter) cassi-
terite that sluicing for gold was difficult. A few hundred pounds of cassi-
terite was saved (but not sold) in 1919. Gold mining in 1918-1919, 1927-1928,
and 1931-1936 was reported. Remaining gravel might be dredged at a profit
with gold and cassiterite as coproducts.

(Idaho Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.9, 4.2)
MF-417, loc. 46 65°14'N, 164°45'W

Bedrock of area is schist. Colors of gold found in prospect pit that did
not reach bedrock.

Independence Gold, Lead, Silver
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (18.4, 12.25)
MF-417, loc. 9 65°41'N, 162°27'wW

Complex vein-veinlet stockwork containing argentiferous galena in sheared
calcareous schist adjacent to marble and near a contact with granite. Ore
shipped in 1921-22 (amount uncertain; most recent reference says about 32
metric tons; another says several hundred tons) contained 30.1% Pb, 4.9%
Zn (no zinc mineral listed), and 1,130 g per ton Ag; one reference lists
$2.45 in gold (about 0.12 oz) per ton. Gold content reported to increase
with depth. Five ore bodies on 2 levels totalling perhaps 660 metric tons
per vertical meter of ore averaging 6.4% Pb and 290 g per metric ton Ag.
Mineralization extends for more than 1,500 m along strike. Most work was
done between 1916 and 1921; has been some exploration at least as recently
as 1965. Includes references to: (Independence Cr.), Perkeypile & Ford,
silver and lead on Kugruk R.

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(Mascot Cr.) (Gulch) Gold, Tin

Kougarok district Bendeleben (0.2, 12.95)
MF-417, loc. 21 65°44'N, 164°58'W

Small residual placer at head of small gulch. Bedrock is slate or phyllite.
Some of gold shows crystal faces. Considerable cassiterite in concentrates.

(Merritt Gulch) Gold

Kougarok district Bendeleben (1.15, 11.4) (2)
65°39'N, 164°50'wW (7)

In Henry Creek valley. Mining in 1927; preparations reported in 1925 and
1932.

(Milroy ‘cr. Gold(?), Lead(?)

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (12.35, 16.35)
65°55'N, 163°16'W

Reported that concentrates are similar to those from Cunningham Cr., which
contain lead carbonates, pyromorphite, and galena. Gold probably present.

(Mina Cr.) Gold (?)

Fairhaven district Bendeleben (18.7, 13.3) approx.
65°44'N, 162°23'W approx.

Workable prospects reportedly found in 1909, As there is no more recent
report on Mina Cr., this report is suspect.

(Nelson Gulch) (Cr.) Gold
Fairhaven district Bendeleben (13.0-13.05, 15.05-15.5)
MF-417, loc. 72 65°51'N, 163°11'W

Altered schist bedrock with quartz veins and segregations. Sample of one
vein and some wall rock assayed 0.7 oz gold per ton. Last reported
placer mining in 1909, through there probably has been some since then.
Gold recovered was rough and angular. Concentrates mainly pyrite; some
garnet; a little magnetite.

(Neva Cr.) Gold
Kougarok district Bendeleben (2.4, 8.15)
MF-417, loc. 39 65°28'N, 164°40'W

Small gold production from shallow gravels; no other data.

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