Anvil Creek Placer

The Anvil Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Anvil Creek Placer

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: 1899
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 209, FINENESS GIVEN AS .890 IN USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 83.
Analytical Data: AU WORTH $18.60-$18.75
Analytical Data: AU MINED DURING FIRST TEN YEARS ESTIMATED TO AVERAGE $5.00-$6.00/CY, USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 82

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VERY RICH STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS ABOVE COASTAL PLAIN; STREAM GRAVEL 3-5 FT DEEP BENEATH 2-3 FT OF MUCK AND CLAY, AU THROUGHOUT GRAVEL AND TOP 6-18 IN OF BEDROCK; OLD CHANNEL OF ANVIL CR. 200-600 FT E OF PRESENT CHANNEL RANGES FROM 20-120 FT IN WIDTH, CUT 10-20 FT INTO BEDROCK, BURIED BY UP TO 25 FT OF GRAVEL AND FROM 1-14 FT (AVE. 3 FT) OF MUCK, SANDY CLAY, PEAT AND MOSS; LAYERS IN GRAVEL; FINE AU IN COASTAL PLAIN DEPOSITS ALONG LOWER COURSE OF STREAM; DREDGE GROUND ABOUT .75 MILES LONG NEAR UPPER END OF CREEK .

Comment (Workings): STREAM PLACER REPORTED TO BE EXHAUSTED IN 1903; CREEK AND BENCH GRAVELS EXTENSIVELY DRIFT MINED AND DREDGED; ONE 500 FT DRIFT CONNECTED TO 600 FT TUNNEL WITH 40-FT CROSSCUTS AT 100 FT INTERVALS EXTENDING FROM BOTH SIDES OF MAIN TUNNEL.

Comment (Development): EXTENSIVELY DRIFT MINED IN EARLY YEARS; HYDRAULIC MINING AFTER MIOCENE DITCH WAS COMPLETED IN 1903; DREDGE MINING 1922-1929 AND LATER; GREATLAND EXPLORATION LTD. DRILLED 6000 FT ON SEVERAL PLACERS IN THE ANVIL RIVER AREA IN 1985.

Comment (Geology): GRANITE COBBLES AND BOULDERS UP TO 2 FT IN DIAMETER; GRAVELS ARE COARSE, ANGULAR, LOCALLY COVERED BY SLIDE MATERIAL. ; REG.COM: NUMEROUS QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS IN SCHIST; GLACIAL TILL AND HIGH-BENCH DEPOSITS IN HEAD WATER AREA ARE KNOWN TO BE AURIFEROUS.

Comment (Deposit): GRADIENT: 100 FT/MI; SOURCE OF RICHEST SECTIONS OF BEACH AND COASTAL PLAIN DEPOSITS OF NOME. ; 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 (Commodity): ABUNDANT SCHEELITE IN SLUICE BOXES HINDERED AU RECOVERY

Comment (Location): APPROX. MIDPOINT OF NEARLY CONTINUOUSLY MINED SECTION OF ANVIL CR. EXTENDING FROM MOUTH OF NEKULA GULCH TO POINT WHERE CREEK CROSSES NOME-TELLER ROAD; ABOUT 3.6 MILES. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 1899-1903, $5,000,000 WORTH OF AU, MAINLY FROM STREAM PLACER, PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ., USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 79; PRODUCTION FROM DRIFT MINE ON BENCH WORTH $160,000 FROM 21,000 CY OF GRAVEL, AU WORTH $18.60/OZ., USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 86-87, 209.

References

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-102

Reference (Deposit): KASTELIC, WILLIAM R., 1975, GOLD PLACER EXPLORATION, NOME, ALASKA, IN MINING YEAR BOOK, 1975: DENVER, COLORADO, COLORADO MINING ASSOCIATION, P. 85-89.

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4174, P. 32.

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS IC 7, P. 17.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 79-83.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 169-170, 186-192.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 56, 86-87, 150, 191, 209.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS AND OTHERS, 1901, RECONNAISSANCES IN THE CAPE NOME AND NORTON BAY REGIONS, IN ALASKA IN 1900: USGS SPECIAL REPORT, P. 25, 69, 71-74.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 27, LOC. 359.

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SR 39, P. 6.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 82-83.

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