Rainy Creek Placers

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

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Mine Info

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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

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Orebody

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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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