The Broken Neck Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Broken Neck Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Broken Neck 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: 1925
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
Analytical Data: FINENESS OF 4 ASSAYS AVERAGED 829 PARTS AU AND 165 PARTS AG. SEE REF. 2, P, 196.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN BENCH AND STREAM GRAVEL NEAR BASE AND ON BEDROCK, SOME FINE GOLD IN HIGHER LEVELS OF GRAVEL. OVERBURDEN 3-30 FT. THICK.
Comment (Geology): CONGLOMERATE BLUFFS AT MOUTH OF CREEK. SEVENTYMILE RIVER FOLLOWS TRACE OF TINTINA FAULT IN EAGLE (D-2). ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 28. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTRAL POINT OF PLACER THAT BEGINS AT MOUTH OF CREEK AND CONTINUES UPSTREAM FOR ABOUT .5 MILE. 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 EARLY 1900'S UNTIL 1940. ALL WORK IN 1930'S ON BENCH ALONG WEST SIDE OF CREEK; RIM ABOUT 20 FT. ABOVE CREEK. ANOTHER BENCH IS ABOUT 10 FT. HIGHER. GRAVEL ON LOWER BENCH THICKENS FROM 8 FT. AT RIM TO 30 FT. OR MORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (D-2), LOC. 28.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 897-C, P 195-196
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 917-D, P. 246-247
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-28
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