California Creek Occurrence, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
California Creek Occurrence	Occurrence
Innoko Mining District	Mining District
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: California Creek is a northeast-flowing tributary to Yankee Creek, whose mouth is approximately 1000 feet south of the junction of Yankee Creek and the Innoko River. The coordinates are for the location of a pan-concentrate sample collected from California Creek by Bundtzen and others (1987), in the SW1/4SW1/4, sec. 14., T. 28 S., R. 13 E., Kateel River Meridian. The location is accurate within 500 feet.
Geology: The bedrock in the area around California Creek is mostly sedimentary. The area also contains several Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite plutons (Chapman and others, 1985), and dikes of varying composition. A pan- concentrate from California Creek contained magnetite, ilmenite, enstatite, anatase, rutile, edenite, two grains of native silver, and one grain of gold (Bundtzen and others, 1987).
Workings: A pan-concentrate from California Creek contained magnetite, ilmenite, enstatite, anatase, rutile, edenite, two grains of native silver, and one grain of gold (Bundtzen and others, 1987).

Commodities (Major) - Ag; (Minor) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	OP020

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