Lowe River Placer

The Lowe River 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: Lowe River Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Nickel

Location

State: Alaska
District: Prince William Sound

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

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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: ANOMALOUS MO REPORTED IN TWO STREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLES JUST BELOW KEYSTONE CANYON, ADGGS GC 15, P. 7
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 4, 30 PPM CU, 10 PPM PB, 85 PPM ZN, 2 PPM MO, 20 PPM NI, TRACES OF MAGNETITE, ZIRCON AND SCHEELITE IN CONCENTRATES
Analytical Data: STREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM SMALL TRIBUTARIES TO LOWE RIVER IN NW 1/4, SEC. 30, T. 9 S. , R. 6 W. , COPPER RIVER MERIDIAN: SAMPLE 3, 30 PPM CU, 5 PPM PB, 100 PPM ZN, 2 PPM MO, 60 PPM NI, TRACES OF MAGNETITE AND SCHEELITE IN CONCENTRATES

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Production): SOME AU RECOVERED INCLUDING COARSE GOLD BEFORE 1900; TOTAL UNDOUBTEDLY VERY SMALL

Comment (Development): PLACER CLAIMS LOCATED BEFORE 1915 ON 6 MI OF LOWE RIVER ABOVE KEYSTONE CANYON; PROPERTY CONSIDERED UNSUITABLE FOR LARGE SCALE MINING AFTER EXPLORATORY CHURN DRILLING AROUND 1915

Comment (Deposit): OLD PLACER WORKINGS REPORTED NEAR MOUTH OF BENCH CREEK BY WINKLER AND OTHERS, 1981, USGS OFR 80-892B; AMOUNT OF PLACER GOLD RECOVERED WASUNDOUBTEDLY VERY SMALL

Comment (Workings): SMALL SCALE METHODS ONLY

Comment (Geology): AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP ; MAJOR.UNITS: K VALDEZ GROUP METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 74; PLACER GOLD CLAIMS LOCATED ALONG ABOUT 6 MI OF LOWE RIVER ABOVE KEYSTONE CANYON LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): ENTIRE VALLEY ABOVE KEYSTONE CANYON WAS STAKED BY ABOUT 1915, AND AREA WAS CONSIDERED AS POSSIBLE LARGE-SCALE MINING PROSPECT, BUT APPARENTLY DID NOT PAN OUT; SEE ALSO: SOLOMON GULCH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GC15, P. 3, 7

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC8626, P. 21

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 80, 81

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 74

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-74

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 642, P. 140, 145

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