The California Creek Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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California Creek Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California 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: 1918
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1918
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
Gangue: Asbestos
Gangue: Nephrite
Comments
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT OCCUPIES AREA ALONG CALIFORNIA CR. BETWEEN LITTLE CREEK AND WONDER CREEK, UPSTREAM OF CANYON RUNNING E-W ALONG THE N 1/2 OF SEC. 21 AND 22, T.18 N., R. 10 E. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): INTERMITTENTLY MINED; SMALL SCALE METHODS UNTIL ABOUT 1922, WHEN HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED
Comment (Deposit): COARSE GOLD IN LOWER 5 FT OF CREEK GRAVELS UP TO 20 FT THICK; AVERAGE THICKNESS ABOUT 14 FT
Comment (Workings): FLUMES, HYDRAULIC MINING EQUIPMENT AND PILES OF STRIPPED GRAVEL REMAIN ALONG THE CREEK; PROBABLY MINED OUT.
Comment (Geology): GRAVEL IS COARSE, UP TO 3 IN IN DIAMETER; NUMEROUS SUBANGULAR BOULDERS, UP TO 3 FT DIAMETER; NEPHRITE BOULDERS COMMON, BUT LITTLE OF GEM-QUALITY; ASBESTOS FIBERS FOUND IN WORKINGS ; MAJOR.UNITS: GARNETIFEROUS GREENSTONE; METAVOLCANIC ROCK AND PHYLLITE CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS ; REG.COM: AU PROBABLY LOCALLY DERIVED
Comment (Deposit): LOCAL GRADIENT AT PLACER: 200 FT/MI; SEE ALSO: DAHL CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 37, P. 28
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-120I, LOC. 34
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-78-120I-34
Reference (Deposit): TDM PAM 3-R, P. 13, 25
Reference (Deposit): TDM PAM 5-R, P. 14, 47
Reference (Deposit): REED, IRVING, 1931, PLACER DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER KOBUK GOLD FIELDS, UNPUB TDM REPORT
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