The Nolan Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Nolan Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nolan Creek Placer
Secondary: Smith Creek
Secondary: Archibald Creek
Secondary: Fay Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD FINENESS IN SMITH CK GREATER THAN 970.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BENCH AND MODERN STREAM PLACERS CONTRIBUTE MINOR PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): DEEP GRAVELS ARE FROZEN; DEPTH OF GRAVELS VARIES FROM 20 FT (CLAIMNO.1) TO 180 FT (CLAIM NO.8) AT CREEK MOUTH.
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK SURFACE EXTREMELY UNEVEN ; MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST ; REG.COM: QUARTZ VEINS WITH STIBNITE AND GOLD OCCUR UPSTREAM AND ADJACENT TO PLACER
Comment (Deposit): NOLAN VALLEY DEEPLY FILLED WITH GLACIAL SILT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): PLACER EXTENDS 2 MILES UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM LOCATION AND EXTENDS UP TO 2 MILE ALONG TRIBUTARIES JOINING FROM THE SOUTHEAST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): RESERVES OF UNKNOWN SIZE AND GRADE ARE THOUGHT TO BE PRESENT; PRODUCTION FIGURE UP TO 1983 FOR DISTRICT
Comment (Development): DRIFT MINING WITH 100 MEN INVOLVED (1913)
References
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 158, P. 9-10.
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SR 31, P. 41.
Reference (Deposit): REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P. 62-72.
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 532, P. 92-95; ADGGS SR 31, P. 41.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 532, P. 92-94.
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