Caribou Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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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

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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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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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