Lemon Creek Placer

The Lemon Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lemon Creek Placer

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
Deposit Type: Placer
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

Analytical Data: AU CONTENT LOW

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): BED ROCK-DAMMED BASIN ON LEMON CREEK; CLAIMS COVERED ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): MINED IN EARLY 1900'S

Comment (Deposit): GRAVELS 100-500 FT WIDE, 8-10 FT DEEP; ON GLACIAL CLAY IN BEDROCK- DAMMED BASIN

Comment (Workings): SMALL SCALE MINING; ATTEMPT TO MINE HYDRAULICALLY IN 1902 FAILED

Comment (Geology): TWO QUARTZ VEINS 8 IN TO 1 FT THICK NEAR PLACER ARE IN GNEISSIC DIORITE DIKE; VEINS CARRY PYRRHOTITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: CLARK PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 287, P. 118-120

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 37

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 155

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 162

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-149

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