The Caribou Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Caribou Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caribou Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
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
Discovery Year: 1905
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: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Location): CONFLUENCE OF CARIBOU CREEK AND RIGHT LIMIT TRIBUTARY ABOUT 1 MI ABOVE MOUTH; DREDGE OPERATED OVER MOST OF THE LENGTH OF STREAM, A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 4-5 MILES LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED: 1905, 1909-10, 1915, 1921, 1924; DRILLING TO TEST GROUND FOR DREDGING AND SOME PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1937-1939; DREDGE OPERATED IN 1940'S; 143 CLAIMS IN AREA, ACTIVE 1978-82
Comment (Deposit): GRAVEL 24-36 FT THICK; ONLY A FEW FT OF OVERBURDEN
Comment (Workings): MOSTLY SMALL SCALE, OPEN-CUT METHODS; DREDGE INSTALLED IN 1940'S, WORKED MOST OF CREEK; ATTEMPT AT DRIFT MINING IN 1909 WAS HAMPERED BY THAWED GROUND
Comment (Geology): VEIN DEPOSITS CARRYING NATIVE BISMUTH OCCUR ALONG DRAINAGE ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS DOMINANTLY PALEOZOIC OR OLDER AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES GARNETIFEROUS QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST; FORMERLY KNOWN AS BIRCH CREEK SCHIST
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: (BUTTE CR.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-78-529D-08
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 820, P. 98
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 123-125
Reference (Deposit): TDM PAM 1, P. 34, 39
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-529D, P. 29, LOC. 8
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