The Smally Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Smally Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smally Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE FINENESS: 907
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ARBITRARY POINT ON SMALLY CREEK; LOCATION OF INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS UNCERTAIN LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINING IN 1937 AND PROBABLY ALSO IN EARLY 1900'S; AT LEAST 4 PLACER CLAIMS ON CREEK, ACTIVE YEARS: 1956-60, 68, 70-79; CURRENT STATUS UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): 10 TO 13 FT OF GRAVEL; AU ON BEDROCK AND IN LOWER 6 FT OF GRAVEL
Comment (Workings): GROUND SLUICING AND "SHOVELLING IN"
Comment (Geology): MINING IN 1937 WAS "IN SMALL AREA" NEAR FORKS (?); DEPTH TO BEDROCK 17 FT, WITH 4 TO 7 FT OF MUCK AND THE REST GRAVEL; GRAVEL IS COARSE, WELL WORN WITH MANY BOULDERS ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS BLACK SHALE AND QUARTZ CONGLOMERATE ; REG.COM: AU MAY HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM CRETACEOUS (?) CONGLOMERATE BEDROCK; POSSIBLY A FOSSIL PLACER
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS CLAIMS IN THE VICINITY WERE ACTIVE IN THE EARLY 1980'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS MINING CLAIM LOCATION MAP, WISEMAN QUAD.-30, NO. 82
Reference (Deposit): REED, IRVING MCK., 1938, UPPER KOYUKUK REGION, ALASKA: UNPUB. TDM REPORT, P. 158-160
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