The Grant Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Grant Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grant Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Melozitna
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
Analytical Data: FINENESS ABOUT 866 PARTS AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Development): SPORADIC SMALL-SCALE MINING FROM 1909 TO ABOUT 1975. DRAGLINE OPERATED FULL SEASON, 1938. PRODUCTION PROBABLY SMALL.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM PLACER. DEPTH TO BEDROCK 5-30 FT.. PLACER TIN SAID TO HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN 1929.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS A COMPLEX OF INTENSELY FOLDED CAMBRIAN OR ORDOVICIAN SCHIST, LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE, AND GREENSTONE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 15. PLACER MINE MARKED ON TANANA (A-6), 2 MILES NORTH OF THE YUKON RIVER AT CONFLUENCE OF GRANT AND MONDAY CREEKS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
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 OF 239, P. 16
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 535, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (A-6), LOC. 15
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