Lower Caribou Creek Placer

The Lower Caribou 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

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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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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