The Poker Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Poker Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poker 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
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
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF 35 OZ. OF GOLD FROM POKER CR. SHOWED FINENESS .872 AU AND .122 AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 76. PLACER GROUND LOWER 1 MILE OF POKER CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTRAL POINT OF PLACER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): MOST OF GOLD NEAR OR ON UPPER PART OF DECOMPOSED BEDROCK. OVERBURDEN 6-12 FT. THICK; 5-10 FEET OF GRAVEL OVERLAIN BY 1-2 FT. OF MUCK.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST AND QUARTZITE SCHIST WITH MANY QUARTZ VEINS ALONG CLEAVAGE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FEET PER MILE. HEAD OF STREAM IN YUKON TERR. ; 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 (Development): INTERMITTANT MINING REPORTED 1910-1934. MINED MAINLY BY OPEN-CUT HYDRAULIC METHODS. MINED BY DREDGE A FEW HUNDRED FEET UP POKER CR. IN 1912. MINED OUT BEFORE 1936.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (A-1), LOC. 76.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897-C, P. 157-160.
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