Canyon Creek Placer

The Canyon Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Canyon 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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Barbara Maxwell, (Dozer, Hydraulic)
Home Office: Box 482 Anchorage, Ak. 99503
Years: 1975 -

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1899
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

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Development): GOLD PRODUCED IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES AS EARLY AS 1899. MINING REPORTED FROM 3 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM SQUAW GULCH CONFLUENCE TO HEAD. MINED BY SCRAPER IN 1910, 2 FEET OF BEDROCK TAKEN UP 3 MILES BELOW SQUAW GULCH. DREDGE OPERATED 1938 TO 1940 WITH SUCCESS 1 TO 4 MILES ABOVE SQUAW GULCH. SMALL SCALE MINING REPORTED NEAR HEAD IN 1912. MINED IN 1975 WITH BULLDOZER AND BY HYDRAULIC METHODS.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN GRAVEL AND IN AND ON BEDROCK. AT LEAST ONE BRECCIATED MASS OF VEIN QUARTZ AND CALCITE CONTAINS VISIBLE GOLD. AURIFEROUS GRAVEL ON A HIGH BENCH WEST OF CREEK.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FEET PER MILE. LOCATION DISCRIPTION REPRESENTS ALL PLACERS ALONG CANYON CREEK FROM HEAD TO MOUTH, INCLUDING HEADWATER FORK WOODS CREEK. ; 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 (Geology): CREEK DEEPLY INCISED NEAR HEAD AND VALLEY 1/2 MILE WIDE NEAR MOUTH. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST, SLATE, AND LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY GRANITE AND GREENSTONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (A-1), LOC. 71, 72, 74.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 480, P. 169.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897-C, P. 187.

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