The Mail Box Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Mail Box Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mail Box Creek Placer
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD FINENESS 898.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): PLACER 2000 FT UP CREEK FROM MOUTH. PLACER EXTENT UNKNOWN BUT LIKELY WITHIN .25 MI OF LOCATION. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): GROUND SLUICING; PROPERTY ACTIVE IN MIDDLE 1930S.
Comment (Geology): ERRATIC BOULDERS SIMILAR TO THOSE AT TRAMWAY BAR. GRAVELS DERIVED FROM CONGLOMERATE CLIFFS BOUNDING CREEK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS A FIRE CLAY WITH COAL
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P.148-149.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 76-340, P. 131
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