McKinley Creek Mine, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
McKinley Creek Mine	Mine
Port Clarence Mining District	Mining District
Nome Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: McKinley Creek is a 2.5-mile long, south-flowing stream whose mouth is on the northeast shore of Grantley Harbor, 8.5 miles east of Teller. Placer operations have taken place over about 0.4 miles of the main drainage between elevations of 150 and 200 feet, just above the headwater fork (Sainsbury and others, 1969). This is locality 69 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'McKinley Cr.'.
Geology: Bedrock in the McKinley Creek drainage is a chlorite and mica schist assemblage that is locally intruded by small greenstone bodies (Sainsbury, 1972); the age of this assemblage is uncertain but it is probably Paleozoic. Sainsbury and others (1969) show the location of placer workings (about 0.4 miles of the main drainage between elevations of 150 and 200 feet, just above the headwater fork) but otherwise this deposit has not been described.
Workings: Placer operations have taken place over about 0.4 miles of the main drainage between elevations of 150 and 200 feet, just above the headwater fork (Sainsbury and others, 1969). These are assumed to have been dozer and sluice operations.
Age: Quaternary
Production: Not known
Reserves: Not defined

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

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	TE083

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