The Little Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
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Little Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Creek Placer
Secondary: Gold Run
Secondary: Discovery
Secondary: Bonanza
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
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: 1908
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
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-367, LOC. 20. HEAD TO MOUTH OF LITTLE CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINED BY OPEN CUT, DRIFTING, AND HYDRAULIC PLANTS IN EARLY DAYS. MINED BY DREDGE AFTER 1925.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN CRACKS IN SHATTERED BEDROCK. TOP 2-6 FT. OF BEDROCK STRIPPED AND MINED. STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS MERGE LATERALLY. OVERBURDEN 15-24 FT. THICK, 4-7 FT. OF GRAVEL.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SLATE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 100-150 FT. PER MILE. LOCATION REPRESENTS SEVERAL CLAIM ASSOCIATIONS EXTENDING FROM THE HEAD TO THE MOUTH OF LITTLE CREEK.
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 MF-367 (A-1), LOC. 20.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 864-C, P. 181-184.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-367-20
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