Mineral Creek Placers

The Mineral Creek Placers 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: Mineral Creek Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Port Valdez

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1894
Year Last Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1894
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

Analytical Data: NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS ARBITRARILY CHOSEN POINT ON MINERAL CR.; EXACT LOCATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL SMALL PLACERS UNKNOWN LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): SHALLOW AURIFEROUS STREAM GRAVELS

Comment (Geology): NO DATA OTHER THAN SMALL SCALE PLACER MINING OCCURRED ON MINERAL CREEK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: VALDEZ GROUP METASEDIMENTS; MOSTLY GRAYWACKE AND ARGILLITE ; REG.COM: LODE GOLD DEPOSITS OF PORT VALDEZ DISTRICT

Comment (Deposit): LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE; DEPOSIT VERY SMALL; SEE ALSO: GOLD CREEK PLACERS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): VERY SMALL SCALE PLACER MINING INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1894 AND 1914 OR POSSIBLY A LITTLE LATER; AMOUNT PRODUCED VERY SMALL; SOME TEST DRILING DONE IN 1914

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 443, P. 71-72

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 158-159, 186

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 989-E, P. 283,307

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 76, 77

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 63

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-63

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