Canyon Creek Placers

The Canyon 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: Canyon Creek Placers
Secondary: Long Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek

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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Platinum

Comments

Comment (Location): CONFLUENCE WITH LONG CREEK; UNPATENTED PLACER CLAIMS COVER ENTIRETYOF CANYON CREEK, SEE: USBM OFR 24-78, FIG. 4.2-B(3). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): SMALL GRAINS OF PLATINUM AND UNWORN CRYSTALLINE CASSITERITE IN CONCENTRATES

Comment (Development): MINED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1908 AND 1932; SMALL SCALE OPERATIONS; HAS BEEN ONLY RESTRICTED PRODUCTION FROM SLUICE-TYPE OPERATIONS

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRAVELS WITH PAY STREAK 1-15 FT WIDE (AVERAGE: 6 FT); RANGING FROM 2 TO 8 FT IN DEPTH; GOLD ON OR NEAR BEDROCK

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: GRAVEL IS MOSTLY COBBLE SIZED CLASTS 6 IN IN DIAMENTER WITH SOME BOULDERS UP TO 2 FT IN DIAMETER ; MAJOR.UNITS: MESOZOIC SLATE CONTAINING NUMEROUS QUARTZ STRINGERS AND DISSEMINATED PYRITE; CUT BY ACIDIC DIKES AT THE HEAD OF CANYON CREEK

Comment (Deposit): MINING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED ON RAMSDYKE CREEK, WHICH RUNS ALONG THE NW SIDE OF THE RIDGE JUST N OF THE HEADWATER BASIN OF CANYON CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF 870-D, LOC. 86

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-870D-86

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 534, P. 67

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 692, P. 261-262

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 810, P. 22

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 311, P. 28, 30

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 630, P. 89

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 22

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 68, LOC. 30

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