Dan Creek

The Dan Creek is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dan Creek
Secondary: Includes: Dan & Chititu Creeks

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nizina

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1901
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRAVELS 8 TO 12 FT DEEP; GOLD ON BEDROCK AND LOWER 2 FT OF GRAVEL AND IN TOP 1 FT OF RIPPABLE SHALE BEDROCK; BENCH PLACERS MINED TO LESSER EXTENT. IN 1939 A 3 TON COPPER NUGGET WAS FOUND ON DAN CREEK

Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA ALONG 6 MILES OF LOWER DAN CREEK. EXTENDS INTO MCCARTHY B-4 QUADRANGLE. BEST LOCATION: MACKEVETT, 1976, LOC. 57. ACCURATE WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED FEET.

Comment (Deposit): A LITTLE FINE GOLD CAN BE PANNED FROM PRACTICALLY ALL THE STREAMS DRAINING THE NORTH FLANK OF THE CHUGACH MOUNTAINS.

Comment (Production): 143500 OUNCES OF GOLD AND 40 TONS OF COPPER PRODUCED UP TO 1968

Comment (Workings): TYPE OF WORKINGS: SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND. MOSTLY SMALL-SCALE HAND AND OPEN-CUT HYDRAULIC METHODS; SOME DRIFT MINING.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 30-31

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773B, scale 1:250,000

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Smith, J.G., 1972, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-4 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle Map GQ-943, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1974, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-5 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1146, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., and Capps, S.R., 1911, Geology and mineral resources of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 448, 111 p.

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