The Flume Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Flume Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flume Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Eagle
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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: 1935
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wnw-Ese Trending Shear Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 17. PLACER GROUND NEAR MOUTH OF FLUME CREEK INCORRECTLY SHOWN ON MF-393 AS LOC. 19. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): INTERMITTANT MINING REPORTED FROM 1908-1935. MOST OF MINING NEAR MOUTH, ALTHOUGH LOWER 2 MILES OF CREEK MAY HAVE BEEN WORKED. PROSPECTING 3 MILES ABOVE MOUTH DID NOT FIND MINABLE GROUND.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD MINED IN STREAM PLACER NEAR MOUTH.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK FOR A MILE ABOVE MOUTH IS MAINLY GREENSTONE AND SERPENTINE CUT BY DIKES IN PLACES. BEDROCK ABOVE LOWER MILE OF CREEK IS PALEOZOIC SCHIST. ; REG.COM: GOLD THOUGHT TO BE DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS AND SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (D-3), LOC. 17
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897 P. 193-194.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-17
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