The Wolf Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
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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Wolf Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wolf Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: REE
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
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): SAMPLES OF TERTIARY ROCKS DERIVED FROM GRANITIC ROCKS CONTAINED IN HEAVY-MINERAL FRACTION TRACES OF RUTILE, TOURMALINE, AND MONAZITE ; REG.COM: TERTIARY ROCKS ARE PROXIMAL SOURCE OF GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FEET PER MILE. LOCATION DESCRIPTION FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF WOLF CREEK FROM HEAD TO MOUTH. ; 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.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 34, 36. LOCATION 34 NEAR MOUTH. LOCATION 36 2 MILES FROM HEAD NEAR CONFLUENCE WITH EAST TRIBUTARIES. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): DEAD WORK ON AUTOMATIC DAM, 1911. SMALL SCALE MINING IN 1939
Comment (Deposit): GOLD AND CHROMITE IN STREAM PLACERS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (D-1), LOC. 34, 36
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC. 316, P. 7. 9.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-34, 36
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