The Glacier 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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Glacier Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glacier Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
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
Discovery Year: 1905
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS THE CENTER OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AREA; ONLY THE UPPER 8 MI OF THE CREEK ARE MINEABLE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1904 OR 1905; SINCE 1970, THE PLACER MINES OF KANTISHNA DISTRICT HAVE PRODUCED 3000 TO 5000 OZ OF AU ANNUALLY, ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 25
Comment (Development): MOSTLY SMALL SCALE MINING; SLUICES AND "PICK AND SHOVEL"; A DRAGLINE OPERATION SOMETIME BETWEEN 1939 AND 1942 SEEMS TO HAVE PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT IT
Comment (Deposit): STREAM, BENCH AND BURIED CHANNEL GRAVELS; GOLD CONCENTRATED ON BEDROCK; PAY IS SPORADIC
Comment (Workings): SOME OF BENCH GRAVELS FROZEN
Comment (Geology): GRAVEL IS COARSE, WITH HIGH PERCENTAGE OF BOULDER SIZE CLASTS; PLACERS LIE BELOW TERRACES OF LAST GLACIATION ; MAJOR.UNITS: QUARTZITIC SCHIST, GREENSTONE SCHIST, GARNET MICA SCHIST; INTRUDED BY SEAMS AND LENSES OF QUARTZ ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS
Comment (Deposit): SECOND ONLY TO EUREKA CREEK AS AN HISTORIC PRODUCER OF PLACER GOLD; STREAM GRADIENT: 130 FT/MI ; 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 836, P. 335
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 154-155
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-F, P. 353, 371
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1108-A, P. A26, A29
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 8-9, 13-14
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-168B, P. 37
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 54
Reference (Deposit): 11) ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P. 218, 220
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 687, P. 89-92
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, ALASKA IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, ALASKA, P. 116, 118-119
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