Jump Creek; Wild Bunch Mine, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Jump Creek; Wild Bunch Mine	Mine
Fairhaven Mining District	Mining District
Northwest Arctic Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: Jump Creek, which crosses the northeast boundary of the Bendeleben quadrangle, is a west tributary to Candle Creek. The mouth of Jump Creek on Candle Creek is in the Candle quadrangle. This location is approximate. It is locality 64 of Cobb (1972; MF 417; 1975; OFR 75-429).
Geology: Placer gold was discovered on Jump Creek by 1901 and mining took place at least up to WW II (Cobb, 1975). Candle Creek, nearby, continued to be an area of active placer operations up to recent years. Much of the mining on Jump Creek was probably along downstream parts close to Candle Creek (Cobb, 1975). Information about the nature of the placer deposit on Jump Creek has not been reported. What little bedrock is exposed in the area is part of a Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Till and others, 1986). A small granitic stock is exposed on the ridge south of upper Candle Creek (Till and others, 1986) and Sandvik (1956) notes that granitic rocks have been identified in the headwaters of Jump Creek and Minehaha Creek. Intermediate to felsic dikes and sills crosscutting metamorphic rocks have been exposed in placer workings along Candle Creek (BN074).
Workings: Surface, open-cut placer mine workings are present on this creek. Altar Resoures (P. O. Box 42831, Tuscon, AZ 85733) maintains an active claim block (Wild Bunch claims) covering the uplands to the north and south of JumpCreek (Altar Resources, 1999).
Age: Quaternary

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	BN070

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