The Alfred Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Alfred Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alfred Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Alaska
District: Willow 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
Deposit Type: Placer
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
Ore: Platinum
Comments
Comment (Development): "WORKABLE PLACERS DISCOVERED IN 1911 AND WORKED SPORADICALLY ON A SMALL SCALE FOR MANY YEARS", USGS BULL 1374, P. 19.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD AND A LITTLE PLATINUM IN DRAINAGE MINED ON A SMALL SCALE
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS JURASSIC SANDSTONES AND SHALES CUT BY SMALL DIKES IN UPPER COURSE; LOWER COURSE IS IN CRETACEOUS SHALE ; REG.COM: RIDGE N OF CREEK (HORN MOUNTAINS) CAPPED BY TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS THAT MAY BE UNDERLAIN BY TERTIARY CONGLOMERATES WHICH COULD BE SOURCE OF GOLD, USGS BULL 592, P. 281
Comment (Deposit): TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY VERY SMALL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS ARBITRARY POINT ON ALFRED CREEK; LOCATION OF INDIVIDUAL PLACERS UNKNOWN LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-409-88
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 592, P. 278, 279, 281
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 19
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 7, LOC. 61
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-409, LOC. 88
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