The Lewis River Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Lewis River Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lewis River Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Redoubt
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
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 (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: MAINLY JURASSIC OR CRETACEOUS GRANITIC ROCKS AND A SMALL PATCH OF TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE UNDERLIE STREAM COURSE
Comment (Deposit): PLACER GOLD IN STREAM CHANNELS AND ALLUVIAL FLATS; BEDROCK 12-22 FT BELOW SURFICIAL GRAVELS
Comment (Location): PLACER OPERATIONS WERE IN CANYON TO THE S OF LOCATION GIVEN; EXTENDING FOR ABOUT 3 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM MINE NEAR THE LANDING STRIP LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): ABOUT 97 OZ RECOVERED IN 1916; MAY HAVE BEEN SMALL AMOUNT OF AU PRODUCED IN 1956-57; HAS BEEN DRILLED
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 45-47
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 17
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 76, LOC. 9
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