The Vermont Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 67.51417, -150.09556
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Vermont Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vermont Creek Placer
Secondary: Rt Fork
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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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
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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 PHYLLITE, SCHIST ; REG.COM: PYRITE IN BEDROCK; VEINLETS WITH FREE GOLD, SULFIDES IN JOINTS
Comment (Deposit): LOWER REACH MERGES WITH BENCH ON HAMMOND RIVER. GOLD WAS ON AND IN TOP 4 IN OF BEDROCK. SOME CHANNELS 30-80 FT DEEP MAY BE CAUSED BY HAMMOND RIVER.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW CREEK GRAVELS AND DEEP FROZEN GRAVELS ADJACENT HAMMOND R. MINED.
Comment (Development): EXPL.COM: PROPERTY AT LEAST ACTIVE IN 1901-09, 1914, 1916, 1927, 1929, 1930,1935-36, AROUND 1960, 1969. DRIFTS 90 FT DEEP IN LOWER PART; OPEN CUTS IN UPPER PART.
Comment (Location): LOCATION AT JUNCTION WITH RT FORK. PLACER 1 MI UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM LOCATION. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): USUALLY GAVE 13 CENTS PER SQ FT; ONE DEEP CHANNEL 30-80 FT DEEP GAVE 5 DOLLARS PER SQ FT.
References
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 532, P. 69.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 76-340, P. 166.
Reference (Deposit): REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT OF MINE UNPUBL REPT, P. 55-56.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 532, P. 67, 97-98.
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