Dan Creek Placers

The Dan Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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