Gold Run Creek Placer

The Gold Run Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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: 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

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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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