The Fall Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Fall Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fall Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nelchina
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Name: CLAIM NO 5
Name: CLAIM NO. 10
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): PLACER MINING 1898-1899, 1910 AND 1916 WITH ONLY MARGINAL SUCCESS;NO SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): ONE MAN MINING IN 1916 ON A LOW BENCH WAS ABLE TO RECOVER ABOUT ANOUNCE OF GOLD IN 5 HOURS USING A ROCKER
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: CRETACEOUS SLATE AND GRAYWACKE OF VALDEZ GROUP ; REG.COM: GOLD PROBABLY RECONCENTRATED FROM GLACIAL GRAVELS, WHICH ARE LOCALLY UP TO 600 FT THICK; ORIGINAL SOURCE WAS PROBABLY GOLD-LODES IN VALDEZGROUP TERRANE
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ARBITRARY POINT ON FALL CR.; PLACER PROSPECTING AND MINING EXTENDED OVER 5 TO 6 MI ALONG CREEK
Comment (Deposit): CLAIM NO. 5: STREAM GRAVELS OVER 50 BY 100 FT AREA, 6 TO 8 FT DEEP, AU ON BEDROCK; CLAIM NO 10: LOW BENCH GRAVEL, 6 TO 7 FT THICK, AU ON BEDROCK
Comment (Deposit): IN GENERAL, PLACER MINES OF VALDEZ QUADRANGLE HAVE NOT BEEN SIGNIFICANT PRODUCERS OF GOLD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 181-182
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 866, P. 36
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 894, P. 126-127
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC 184, P. 3
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GC 15, P. 3
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 29
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 87
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 67
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-67
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