The Rainy Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Rainy Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainy Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Delta River
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
Discovery Year: 1900
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
Comments
Comment (Location): COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CONFLUENCE OF NORTH AND WEST FORKS OF RAINY CR.; OLD PLACER WORKINGS EXTEND ABOUT 1.5 MI DOWNSTREAM 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?
Comment (Development): MINED SPORADICALLY FROM 1900 TO ABOUT 1930; MINING APPARENTLY NOT VERY PROFITABLE
Comment (Deposit): PLACER AU IN STREAM GRAVELS
Comment (Geology): STREAM GRAVELS PARTLY DERIVED FROM REWORKING OF GLACIAL DRIFT
Comment (Deposit): CU LODE CLAIMS IN AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): MAGNETITE AND CHROMITE IN CONCENTRATES
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP15, P.59
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR14, P.2, 34
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 20, P.33, SAMPLE 52
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P.124
Reference (Deposit): USBMIC 8626, P. 16
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 40, LOC. 61
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