The Alder Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Alder Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alder Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Eagle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Roy Miettienen
Home Office: P.O. Box 5, Eagle, Ak. 99738
Years: 1975 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
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
Analytical Data: FINENESS OF 9 ASSAYS AVERAGED 841 PARTS AU, 153 PARTS AG. SEE REF. 3, P. 255.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 18. MINE AND TAILINGS MARKED ON EAGLE (D-3) ABOUT 1 MILE UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE WITH SEVENTYMILE RIVER. INCORRECTLY SHOWN ON MF-393 AS LOC. 17. 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 FROM 1910 TO AT LEAST 1975. MINED 1916-1926 BY HYDRAULIC PLANTS. MINED IN 1975 WITH A BULLDOZER.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN OR NEAR CREEK CHANNEL, GRAVEL 4 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 100-150 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (D-3), LOC. 18.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897, P. 193-194.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 917-D, P. 255.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-18
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