The Myers Fork Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Myers Fork Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Myers Fork Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MEAN OF 17 ASSAYS SHOWED FINENESS .833 AU AND .160 AG. SEE REF. 2. P. 176.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 51A. PLACER FROM MOUTH OF MYERS FORK UPSTREAM FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE. MYERS CR. A TRIBUTARY OF CHICKEN CR. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER OF PLACER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINED BY DRIFTING, OPEN CUT, SMALL HYDRAULIC PLANTS, AND GROUND SLUICING AND HYDROLICKING.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT SLIGHTLY OVER 100 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.
Comment (Deposit): MOST OF GOLD RECOVERED AT THE BASE OF GRAVEL ON BEDROCK BENCHES ON BOTH SIDES OF CREEK. COARSE GOLD MINED ON BEDROCK IN 1903. OVERBURDEN 8-20 FT. THICK; 2-12 FEET OF GRAVEL OVERLAIN BY COARSE SAND AND FINE GRAVEL. ON THE EAST SIDE OF CREEK MOST OF GOLD FOUND BENEATH A THIN CLAYEY OR SILTY STRATUM A FEW INCHES ABOVE BEDROCK. BEDROCK IS MAINLY MAFIC IGNEOUS ROCK, DEEPLY WEATHERED AND CUT BY GRANITIC DIKES IN PLACES.
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK BENCHES HAD NO SURFACE EXPRESSION BEFORE MINING BEGAN.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (A-2), LOC. 51A.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897-C, P. 170, 173, 175-177.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-51A
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