The Yellow Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Yellow Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow 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: 1906
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS INTERSECTION OF YELLOW AND GLACIER CREEKS; LOCATION OF PLACER OPERATIONS UNCERTAIN, BUT THEY MUST FALL WITHIN 1 MILE RADIUS OF POINT GIVEN 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 1906; AS RECENTLY AS 1975; TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 1000 OZ
Comment (Deposit): NARROW, RICH PAY STREAKS
Comment (Geology): REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P.27
Comment (Development): PRIMITIVE OPERATION IN 1975 USED PICK, SHOVEL AND WHEEL BARROW TO FEED A SMALL SLUICE; PRODUCED A FEW OUNCES GOLD
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 849-F, P.371
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P.8-9, 13-14
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-168B, P.37
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169 A, P.47 LOC.55
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P.27
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P.218
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 687, P.91
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