Ketchem Dome Area Mines, Circle Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Ketchem Dome Area Mines	Group of Mines
Circle Mining District	Mining District
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

See also Ketchem Creek, ARDF no. CI031, Bottom Dollar Creek, ARDF no. CI007 and Deadwood Creek, ARDF no. CI014.
Location: The location is roughly the center of a productive placer area of approximately 80 square miles. It includes the following main drainages: Deadwood Creek, Ketchem Creek and Bottom Dollar Creek.
Geology: The creeks around Ketchem Dome drain a variety of rock types. To the north and northeast of Ketchem Dome, Ketchem and Holdem Creeks drain an area underlain by Tertiary granite. To the south, the Bottom Dollar Creek drainage is underlain by both Cretaceous granite and quartz-muscovite schist - the Lower Schist unit desribed by Wiltse and others (1995). Deadwood Creek drainage to the northwest is underlain both by Tertiary granite and the quartz-muscovite Lower Schist. Gold is found in the gravel close to bedrock and in cracks in the bedrock. Placer gold has been mined on several creeks within this area that have been described separately (see Workings and Exploration).
Workings: See Ketchem Creek, ARDF no. CI031, Bottom Dollar Creek, ARDF no. CI007 and Deadwood Creek, ARDF no. CI014 for site-specific workings and exploration.
Production: See Ketchem Creek, ARDF no. CI031, Bottom Dollar Creek, ARDF no. CI007 and Deadwood Creek, ARDF no. CI014 for specific site-production notes.

Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Ag, Hg, Sn, W
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	CI033

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