Mist Creek Placer Prospect

The Mist Creek Placer Prospect 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: Mist Creek Placer Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.1 CY PLACER SAMPLE CONTAINED TRACE OF VISIBLE GOLD.

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): USBM OFR 85-86, FIG. 4, LOC. 152. LOCATION IS AT MOUTH OF MIST CREEK. PLACER EXTENDS AT LEAST 0.5 MI. UPSTREAM ON MIST CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): PLACER CLAIMS STAKED IN 1980.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK CONSISTS OF CRETACEOUS GRANODIORITE AND TONALITE. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLACER IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Deposit): VERY LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

References

Reference (Other Database): USBM OFR 85-86, P. 46, FIG. 4, LOC. 152 (1986)

Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 85-86, P. 46, FIG. 4, LOC. 152 (1986)

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