Candle Creek Gold Placer

The Candle Creek Gold Placer is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.

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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: Candle Creek Gold Placer

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska

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: 1914
Discovery Year: 1913
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: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FINENESS 914 PARTS AU AND 78 PARTS AG PER THOUSAND. USGS BULL 864-C, P. 198.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Magnetite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Location): USGS MF-379. HEADWATER OF CANDLE CREEK NORTH OF ROUNDABOUT MOUNTAINS. 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 MINING 1914-1917. MINED BY DREDGE 1918-1926. LATER MINED OFF AND ON BY OPEN CUT.

Comment (Deposit): BENCH AND STREAM PLACER GOLD WITH MUCH CINNABAR OCCUR AT GRAVEL BASE, ON BEDROCK AND WITHIN QUARTZ MONZONITE BEDROCK. NUGGETS UP TO 2 OUNCES FOUND.

Comment (Geology): A SMALL QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTON OF L CRET.-E TER AGE INTRUDED CRET. SHALE AND SANDSTONE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK AT CREEK HEAD IS BASALT. BEDROCK DOWNSTREAM IS QUARTZ MONZONITE. ; REG.COM: ORE DERIVED FROM SMALL QUARTZ VEINS IN THE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND THE MINERALIZED COUNTRY ROCK ADJACENT TO THE QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT./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.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-379 (A-6), LOC. 20.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 864-C, P. 197-98.

Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC. 255, P. 16, 18.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-379-20

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