The Spruce Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Spruce Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spruce 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: 1909
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1907
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): MINED BY TWO SMALL HYDRAULIC PLANTS. NO DREDGING. INTERMITTANT MINING. BEST PROSPECTS ON LOW BENCH 200 YARDS EAST OF CREEK. NO WORKABLE PAYSTREAK IN CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 50-100 FEET PER MILE. ; 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 (Deposit): PLACERS ON LOW BENCH ON EAST SIDE OF CREEK. GOLD IN SHATTERED TOP OF BEDROCK AND OVERLYING 2-6 FT. OF GRAVEL, BENEATH 10-15 FT. OF MUCK OR SILT.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS BLACK SLATE CUT BY NUMEROUS FINE GRAINED HIGHLY ALTERED DACITIC (?) DIKES. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD MODERN AND PALEO TRIBUTARIES TO SE.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-367, LOC. 17. MINE AND TAILINGS MARKED ON OPHIR (A-2). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-367, LOC. 17.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 864-C, P. 179-181.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-367-17
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