Dominion Creek Mine (upper), Aniak Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Dominion Creek Mine (upper) | Mine |
| Aniak Mining District | Mining District |
| Bethel Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
60° 58' 47'' North , 159° 30' 36'' West
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Location: Dominion Creek is a west tributary to Salmon River. This location is 1/2 mile below the mouth of Eureka Creek (BH018), a west tributary to Dominion Creek. The map site is in the SE1/4 of section, T 10 N, R 58 W, of the Seward Meridian. It is locality 13 of Cobb (1972 [MF 455]) and of Hoare and Cobb (1977).
Geology: Dominion Creek and its principal tributaries head on Mt. Plummer and Marvel Dome, where an Upper Cretaceous granitic stock is surrounded by hornfels in sedimentary rocks of the mid-Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group (Box and others, 1993). Placer gold has been found on the creek but there apparently has been no mining (Hoare and Cobb, 1977). A small glacier occupied the headwater valley of Dominion Creek. The middle and lower part of the drainage contains outwash deposits that are incised by the present creek (Maddren, 1915, p. 337).
Workings: Placer claims have been staked on at least the lower half of Dominion Creek and some exploration is assumed to have taken place.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | BH012 |
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