The Cripple Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Cripple Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cripple Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Innoko
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: 1913
Year Last Production: 1967
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sandstone Bedrock Is Iron Stained.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-367, LOC. 8. MINE ALONG 2 MILE HEAD OF CRIPPLE CREEK. TAILINGS MARKED ON OPHIR (C-1). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): OPEN CUT AND DRIFT MINING IN EARLY DAYS FOLLOWED BY LARGE-SCALE NONFLOAT OPERATIONS.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS UPPER CRETACEOUS SANDSTONE AND SLATE. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD IS CRIPPLE CREEK MOUNTAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 200-500 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN LOWER PART OF GRAVEL AND ON BEDROCK. GRAVEL 10-20 FT. THICK.
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 BULL. 864-C, P. 170-172.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-367 (C-1), LOC. 8.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC. 255, P. 16-18.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-367-8
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