The Gold Run Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Gold Run Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Run Creek Placer
Secondary: Trio Cr.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Kyanite
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairhaven
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: 1909
Discovery Year: 1908
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
Ore: Kyanite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Wolframite
Comments
Comment (Location): ARBITRARILY CHOSEN POINT ON GOLD RUN CREEK; LOCATION OF INDIVIDUAL PLACER OPERATIONS UNKNOWN, BUT AT LEAST PARTLY IN CANDLE QUAD. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST, LIMESTONE, GRANITE
Comment (Deposit): PLACER GROUND 6-12 FT DEEP IN UPPER PART OF CREEK; CONC. SAMPLE TAKEN 11 MILES ABOVE MOUTH CONTAINED KYANITE, SCHEELITE AND WOLFRAMITE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): SOME MINING MAY HAVE BEEN IN CANDLE QUAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED: 1909, 1927-29, 1936; PROSPECTING REPORTED: 1930-1935, 1937-1940; MOST RECENT PROSPECTING WAS IN 1955 (REPORTED)
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 442, P. 369, 371.
Reference (Deposit): TDM PAM 5-R, P. 45, 57.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 71.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 13, LOC. 150.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-417-61
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