The Lynx Creek Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Lynx Creek Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lynx Creek Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
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
Year First Production: 1912
Year Last Production: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCAL GRADIENT: 240-370 FT/MI; SEE ALSO: CALIFORNIA CR., DAHL CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION PLOTTED FROM DESCRIPTION IN ADGGS GR 39, P. 57; DEPOSIT EXTENDS FROM NE 1/4, SEC. 9 TO 5 1/2 OF SEC. 3, T.18N., R. 10 E.; MAIN WORKINGS AT NE 1/4, SEC. 9 AND NW 1/4 SEC. 10 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): SMALL SCALE SLUICING OPERATIONS 1912-1940; DEPOSIT SUPPORTED 1 TO 2 MAN MINING OPERATION FOR AT LEAST 28 YEARS
Comment (Deposit): AU FOUND CLOSE TO BEDROCK BENEATH THIN VENEER OF GRAVEL; 1-2 FT OFBEDROCK MINED WITH GRAVEL; BEDROCK ACTED AS NATURAL RIFFLES
Comment (Geology): GRAVEL FINE-GRAINED, LESS THAN 1 IN IN DIAMETER; BOULDERS RARE ; MAJOR.UNITS: GARNETIFEROUS MICA SCHIST ; REG.COM: PROBABLY DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING BEDROCK; SOME RECONCENTRATION FROM GLACIAL DEPOSITS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-120I, LOC. 33
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 37, P. 57
Reference (Deposit): REED, IRVING, 1931, PLACER DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER KOBUK GOLD FIELDS, UNPUB. TDM REPORT, P. 27-28
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-78-120I-33
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