Glacier Creek Placer

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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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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
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

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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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