The Little Bremner River Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Little Bremner River Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Bremner River Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nizina
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1901
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MOST ACTIVITY WAS ON FLAT 1-2 MI LONG AND 1/4 MI WIDE JUST BELOW HEAD OF GLACIER FEEDING LITTLE BREMNER; DRILLING IN 1911 REVEALED 47 FT OF SURFICIAL MATERIAL COMPOSED OF 7 FT OF AURIFEROUS COARSE GRAVEL OVERLYING 40 FT OF GLACIAL MUD
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS CONFLUENCE OF LITTLE BREMNER RIVER AND FALLS CREEK, NEAR SITE OF 1911 ACTIVITY; USGS BULL 576, PLATE II SHOWS TWO PLACERDEPOSITS ON L. BREMNER BETWEEN GLACIER AND PORCUPINE CR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION SMALL
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED 1901; A LITTLE MINING BETWEEN 1910-1911; DRILLED IN 1911; APPARENTLY ABANDONED SOON AFTER
Comment (Geology): PLACER IS LOCATED IN A FLAT FILLED WITH OUTWASH IN A GLACIAL VALLEYCARVED IN SLATE AND GRAYWACKE BEDROCK OF VALDEZ GROUP ; MAJOR.UNITS: CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP SLATE AND GRAYWACKE
Comment (Deposit): "CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR PLACER MINING IN THIS AREA IF GOLD CONTENT SHOULD PROVE COMMERCIAL IN VOLUME." ADGGS OFR 25, P. 13 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-71
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 71
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 92
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 25, P. 10, 13
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 32
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 576, P. 43-45, 48-49
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