The Warm Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Warm Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warm Creek Placer
Secondary: Goldbottom Cr.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Council
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: 1900
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NEAR MOUTH OF WARM CREEK (ON GOLDBOTTOM CR.): 5-6 FT OF GRAVEL, AU IN LOWER 2 FT OF GRAVEL AND TOP 1 FT OF SCHIST BEDROCK; DREDGED; 2 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF WARM CR.: AU IN BEDROCK AND BASAL 1 FT OF GRAVELS 6-7 FT DEEP UNDER THIN SOIL AND MUCK LAYER.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-445, LOC. 116; MOST MINING ACTIVITY WAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE JUCTION OF GOLDBOTTOM AND WARM CR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION 1900-1903 WORTH $100,000 WITH PRICE OF AU SET AT $20.67/FINE OZ, USGS BULLETIN 449, P. 122.
Comment (Development): SMALL-SCALE MINING, INCLUDING USE OF HORSE-DRAWN SCRAPERS, 1900-1909; INTERMITTENT DREDGING NEAR MOUTH OF WARM CR., 1909-1922.
Comment (Geology): COARSE PEBBLES AND BOULDERS OF GREENSTONE COMMON ; MAJOR.UNITS: MICA-SCHIST WITH INTENSELY FOLDED LIMESTONE, SOME GREENSTONE ; REG.COM: LOCALLY DERIVED
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: (CAMP 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 (Deposit): BROOKS AND OTHERS, 1901, RECONNAISSANCES IN THE CAPE NOME AND NORTON BAY REGIONS, ALASKA, IN 1900: USGS SPEC. PUB., P. 69, 110-111.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 236, 254-256.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 449, P. 117, 122.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 64.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 21, LOC. 257-258.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-445-116
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