The Ingle Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Ingle Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ingle Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fortymile
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Owner Name: Gordon Kukowski (Hydraulic Dozer); Wilson Mining Co., (Hydraulic)
Years: 1975 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
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 AVERAGED 851 PARTS AU AND 144 PARTS AG PER THOUSAND. SEE REF. 2, P. 179
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 49. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR MINE AT MOUTH MARKED ON EAGLE (A-3). PLACER CONTINUES UPSTREAM FOR ABOUT 1 MILE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINED FROM 1905 TO AT LEAST 1975. MINED IN EARLY YEARS BY OPEN CUT AND AUTOMATIC DAM. MINED IN 1975 BY BULLDOZER AND HYDRAULIC METHODS.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD MAINLY ON AND IN CREVICES IN TOP FOOT OF BEDROCK. OVERBURDEN 2-3 FT. THICK.
Comment (Geology): VALLEY IS NARROW AND STEEP WALLED. QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS NEAR HEAD REPORTED TO CARRY FREE GOLD. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS GREEN SCHIST AND QUARTZITE WITH MANY QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 400 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 (A-3), LOC. 49
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897-C, P. 171, 173, 179.
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