Skookum Creek Placer

The Skookum 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: Skookum Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chisana

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRAVELS CONTAIN LIGNITIZED WOOD AND SMOOTH, WORN GOLD; SECTION MINED IN 1914 WAS 224 FT LONG, 5 TO 14 FT THICK WITH AVERAGE OF 6 FT AND HAD A PAY STREAK ABOUT 6 FT WIDE

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: JURASSIC AND/OR CRETACEOUS LAVAS AND AGGLOMERATES CUT BY CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY DIKES ; REG.COM: GOLD PROBABLY DERIVED FROM TERTIARY GRAVELS CAPPING GOLD HILL

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: BONANZA CREEK PLACERS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: USGS I-749. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 60

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 989-D, P. 199

Reference (Deposit): USGS I-749

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-655K, LOC. 65

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-655K-65

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