Bangor Creek Placer

The Bangor 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: Bangor Creek Placer
Secondary: Butterfield Canyon

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
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

Analytical Data: $2.50/CY, AU = $20.67/FINE OZ, USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 87.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Hematite
Unknown: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): MOUTH OF BUTTERFIELD CANYON; PLACER TAILINGS ALONG 1.5 MILE OF CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): INTERMITTENT MINING: 1906-1921; DREDGE BUILT: 1914; DREDGE OPERATED: 1916, 1918 AND 1921.

Comment (Deposit): AU AND SCHEELITE IN CREEK GRAVEL UP TO 18 FT DEEP; DREDGED FOR 1.5 MILE; SOME MINING IN BUTTERFIELD CANYON ALSO.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: SHCIST, MINOR INTERBEDDED MARBLE.

Comment (Commodity): 1/2 LB SCHEELITE FRAGMENTS FOUND

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): USGS BULLETIN 712, P. 187-188.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 17, P. 6.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 480, P. 42.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 87.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 622, P. 367.

Reference (Deposit): USBM BULLETIN 142, P. 27.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 452, 455.

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4174, P. 33.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 30, LOC. 392.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-92

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