Cripple Creek Placer

The Cripple 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: 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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