The Birch Creek Placer 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
Birch Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birch Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
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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
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1933
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST
Comment (Location): MINED FOR ABOUT ONE MILE NEAR MOUTH OF RVE CK. LOCATION AT MID POINT OF CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): PROPERTY WAS ACTIVE 1905-06, 1916, EARLY 1930S.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 532, P. 109.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 76-340, P. 88.
Reference (Deposit): REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P. 131-132.
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 532, P. 70
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