Fall Creek Placers

The Fall 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: 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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