The Caribou Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Caribou Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caribou Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Analytical Data: VALUES FOR GRAVEL NEAR MOUTH OF SNOWSHOE CR.: 0.036 FINE OZ/CY AT CENTER OF DEPOSIT, 0.012 FINE OZ/CY AU ON BOTH SIDES, (GOLD AT 20.67/FINE OZ), CALCULATED FROM DAVIS, 1923, P. 118-119 AND USGS BULL 755, P. 42
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P.27
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI83-12, P. 27
Comment (Location): PLACERED AREA EXTENDS 2.5 MI UP AND DOWN STREAM FROM LOCATION GIVEN IN AN E-W DIRECTION; THIS REPORT INCLUDES REFERENCES TO (LOWER CARIBOU) PLACER LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Commodity): STIBNITE IN CREEK WASH AND IN NEARBY LODES
Comment (Development): HYDRAULIC PLANT OPERATED IN 1922; 2 DRAGLINE OPERATIONS BY 1940; NUMEROUS SLUICES
Comment (Deposit): GRAVELS AVERAGE 2.0 TO 3.5 FT THICK WITH GOLD CONCENTRATED ON BEDROCK; SOME GOLD IN TERRACE GRAVELS; UPPER CARIBOU: NARROW, DISCONTINUOUS PAY; LOWER CARIBOU: LAREG VOLUM, LOW-GRADE
Comment (Geology): GOLD EXTENDS INTO RIPPABLE BEDROCK; NUMEROUS BOULDERS HAMPER MINING; PLACERS LIE BELOW TERRACES OF LAST GLACIATION ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES REFERENCES TO (LOWER CARIBOU) PLACER; FOR DATA RELATING SPECIFICALLY TO LOWER CARIBOU SEE: (LOWER CARIBOU) PLACER; STREAM GRADIENT: 150 FT/MI; STREAM FLOW OF 100 CF/SECOND (WET SEASON) AND 25 CF/SECOND (DRY SEASON); AREA KNOWN FOR ABUNDANCE OF WATER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Production): MOST OF THE 4,000 FINE OZ AU PRODUCED IN THE KANTISHNA DISTRICT IN 1940 WAS FROM 2 DRAGLINE OPERATIONS ON CARIBOU CREEK, USGS BULL 1374, P. 154; ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF PLACER GOLD IN THE DISTRICT IS BETWEEN 3000 AND 5000 OZ, ADGGS RI-83-12, P. 25
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P. 218-219
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 687, P. 92-93
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, AK IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, AK, P. 118-119
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1108-A, P. 27, 29
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 154
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 8-9, 13-14, 16
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 25, 27
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