Mills & Canyon Creeks Area

The Mills & Canyon Creeks Area is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mills & Canyon Creeks Area
Secondary: Includes: Mills & Canyon Creeks

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hope District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 30 SQ MI.: 2 TRIBUTARIES TO QUARTZ CREEK; AREA OF INTEREST GENERALLY SOUTH OF GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): GOLD COARSE, SLIGHTLY WORN NUGGETS, FLAKY IN BENCH GRAVELS

Comment (Production): ABOUT 7700 OUNCES OF GOLD PRODUCED UP TO 1968

Comment (Development): NEARLY CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION FROM 1900'S TO 1961

Comment (Deposit): MILLS & CANYON CREEKS MOST PRODUCTIVE IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT

Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC METHODS MOST COMMONLY USED

Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS PROBABLY FROM UPPER CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP ; MAJOR.UNITS: ROCKS OF UPPER CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP ; REG.COM: MAY BE FROM WITHIN AREA

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS B1374, P. 37

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR77-169A, P. 64-65

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF-880 B

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