The Little Moose Creek Placer is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Little Moose Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Moose Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
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
Deposit Type: Placer
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 30,000 SQ FT OF BEDROCK CLEANED IN 1922 HAD AN AVERAGE VALUE OF 22 CENTS/SQ FT WHEN GOLD WAS 20.67/OZ
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Commodity): SMALL NUGGETS OF SILVER AND SCHEELITE ARE COMMON IN CONCENTRATES
Comment (Production): MINED IN 1941; TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 1000 OZ AU
Comment (Development): SMALL SCALE DEVELOPMENT; AUTOMATIC DAMS HAVE BEEN USED
Comment (Deposit): STEEP, NARROW VALLEY HAS UNSTABLE WALLS; TALUS TENDS TO SLIDE AND COVER PAY; GRAVELS 8 TO 10 FT THICK
Comment (Geology): LARGE BOULDERS RESTRICTED TO SURFACE GRAVELS ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS
Comment (Location): INACTIVE PLACER SYMBOL ON PLATE 2, ADGGS OFR 98; PLACERED AREA EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 3500 FT UP AND DOWNSTREAM FROM LOCATION; USBM OFR 24-78, FIG. 4.1-A (2) LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-168B P. 37
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 59
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-32, 4-45
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 687, P. 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 AK, 1922: JUNEAU, AK, P. 138
Reference (Deposit): JOESTING, 1942, ALASKA TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF MINES PAMPHLET 1, P. 39
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 155
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 8, 13
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