The Dan Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Dan Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dan Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nizina
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: Cinnabar
Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN FOR DAN CREEK CAMP; SEE USGS MCCARTHY (B-5) QUAD. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Commodity): SOME NUGGETS OF COMBINED NATIVE CU AND NATIVE AG PRESENT
Comment (Development): STAKED 1901 BY C.L. WARNER AND D.L. KAIN; DAN CR. HAS HAD ONE OF THE LONGEST AND MOST CONTINOUS MINING HISTORIES IN ALASKA; 1982 REPORTED AS "ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR" IN ADGGS SR 31, P. 22
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRAVELS 8 TO 12 FT DEEP; AU ON BEDROCK AND LOWER 2 FT OF GRAVEL AND IN TOP 1 FT OF RIPPABLE SHALE BEDROCK; BENCH PLACERS MINED TO LESSER EXTENT
Comment (Workings): MOSTLY SMALL SCALE HAND AND OPEN CUT HYDRAULIC METHODS; SOME DRIFT MINING
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: CREEK FLOWS ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO MAJOR FAULT; BEDROCK N OF CREEK AND IN UPPER COURSE: TRIGSSIC CHITISTONE LIMESTONE AND NIKOLAI GREENSTONE; BEDROCK S OF CREEK AND IN LOWER COURSE: CRETACEOUS CHITITU FORMATION SEDIMENTS CUT BY SMALL TERTIARY GRANODIURITE AND DACITE DIKES ; REG.COM: GOLD DERIVED FROM EROSION OF VEINS AND RECONCENTRATION OF BENCH DEPOSITS; CU NUGGETS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM NIKOLAI GREENSTONE
Comment (Deposit): A LITTLE FINE GOLD CAN BE PANNED FROM PRACTICALLY ALL THE STREAMS DRAINING THE N FLANK OF THE CHUGACH MTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 448, P. 76, 80, 98-103
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 105, 115-116
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 755, P. 69-71
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 894, P. 125-126, 128-131
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 947-F, P. 98, 119-120
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 30
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ-1146
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-773B, LOC. 57
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-773B-57
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