The Dick Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Dick Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dick Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Serpentine
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 Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1950
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: Scheelite
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ONLY SITE OF COMMERCIAL PLACER MINING IN SERPENTINE DISTRICT ; 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.
Comment (Development): DREDGE OPERATED IN 1914; MOST MINING BY NON-FLOAT METHODS INCLUDING HYDRAULIC MINING IN 1916-1918, 1924-1940, 1946; ENDED IN 1952.
Comment (Location): MIDPOINT OF 2.7 KM SECTION OF PLACER TAILINGS ALONG CREEK; AS SHOWN ON MAP OF D6 QUAD., USGS OFR 1271. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Workings): REPORTED TO BE WORKED OUT IN 1952.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
Comment (Deposit): LARGE, LOW-GRADE AURIFEROUS BODY OF GRAVEL; SCHEELITE AND CASSITERITE IN CONCENTRATES.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 282.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 622, P. 372.
Reference (Deposit): TDM PAM 5-R, P. 41, 43-44.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRCULAR 265, P. 4, 6.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 98.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 9, LOC. 97.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-417-19
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