The Lower Caribou Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Lower Caribou Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lower Caribou Creek Placer
Secondary: Lee Bench
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAVEL AT LEE BENCH AVERAGES 0.05 OZ/CY, ADGGS OFR 98, P.16
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FOR RESERVE INFORMATION, SEE: (CARIBOU CREEK) PLACER
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: (CARIBOU CREEK) PLACERS; STREAM GRADIENT: 75 FT/MI; ONE OF THE MAJOR PLACER PRODUCERS OF THE DISTRICT ; 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 (Commodity): LOWER CARIBOU SLUICES PRODUCE HIGH-GRADE CONCENTRATES CONTAINING PB, AG, ZN AND AU
Comment (Location): PLACERED AREA EXTENDS 0.5 MI N AND S OF LOCATION, MAINLY ON W SIDE OF THE CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): DRAGLINE OPERATION IN 1939 TO 1941 PRODUCED UP TO 300 OZ AU PER WEEK; CLOSED FOR WORLD WAR II; APPARENTLY ONLY SLUICE OPERATIONS SINCE CLOSING
Comment (Development): SLUICES, AT LEAST ONE SUCCESSFUL DRAGLINE OPERATION IN THE 1930'S; RECENT SLUICING: 1975, INDIVIDUAL SLUICES REPORTED TO PROCESS SEVERAL HUNDRED CY DAILY
Comment (Deposit): LEE BENCH CONTAINS LOW GRADE PAYSTREAK UP TO 900 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): RECENT SLUICES IN OPERATION
Comment (Geology): GOLD IS FINER AT THIS SITE DUE TO DISTANCE FROM PROBABLE SOURCE IN THE KANTISHNA HILLS ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 755, P. 141-142
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 926-A, P. 51-52
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 933-A, P. 49
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1108-A, P. 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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