The Barney Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Barney Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barney Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Eagle
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: 1896
Year Last Production: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tintina Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 20. DEPOSIT NEAR MOUTH OF BARNEY CREEK, A SW FLOWING TRIBUTARY TO SEVENTYMILE RIVER, ABOUT 6 AIR MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE FALLS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): INTERMITTANT SMALL SCALE MINING FROM 1896-1940. EARLY WORK IN STREAM GRAVEL, LATER WORK IN BENCH GRAVEL ON WEST SIDE OF VALLEY. MINED BY OPEN CUT HYDRAULIC METHODS
Comment (Deposit): GOLD CONCENTRATED IN BOTH STREAM AND BENCH GRAVELS.
Comment (Geology): SEVENTYMILE RIVER FOLLOWS TRACE OF TINTINA FAULT IN EAGLE D-2. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. ; REG.COM: GOLD THOUGHT TO BE RECONCENTRATED FROM THE EROSION OF TERTIARY GOLD BEARING CONGLOMERATES.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 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 BULL. 897-C. P. 195.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-20
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (D-2), LOC. 20.
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