American Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: American Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hot Springs

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: American Creek Dredging Co., American Creek Mining Co.

Owner Name: Louis Holovics (Bulldozer)
Home Office: Manly Hot Springs, Ak. 99756
Years: 1975 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1911
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: GRADE: 5.3 GLM3 AU

Materials

Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Hematite
Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Development): GOLD DISCOVERED IN 1911 AND MINED UNTIL AT LEAST 1975. CREEK MINED BY SHOVELING IN DRIFTING AND BY SCRAPER PLANT. MINED BY DREDGE INTERMITTANTLY FROM 1917-40. MINED IN 1975 BY BULLDOZER.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN LOWER 4 FT. OF GRAVEL AND IN CREVICES IN TOP 2-3 FT. OF BEDROCK. LOWER 4 FT. OF GRAVEL IS ABNORMALLY COARSE AND CARRIES GOLD THROUGHOUT. NEAR THE MOUTH OF COLORADO CR. GRAVEL IS 7-8 FT. THICK BENEATH 5-7 FT. OF MUCK.

Comment (Geology): STREAM ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO REGIONAL STRIKE; VALLEY ASYMMETRICAL WITH SOUTH WALL MUCH STEEPER THAN NORTH WALL. ; REG.COM: GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EAST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE, AGAINST WHICH THE PAY STREAK APPEARS TO TERMINATE.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 75-125 FT. 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 (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 20. PLACER GROUND FROM ABOUT 1 MILE BELOW HEAD DOWNSTREAM FOR ABOUT 2.5 MI.. TAILINGS MARKED ON TANANA (A-3). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CONFLUENCE WITH COLORADO CREEK, ADJACENT TO LANDING AREA. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Workings): ALLUVIUM FROZEN AND MUST BE THAWED BEFORE DREDGING.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (A-3), LOC 20.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 844-D, P. 213-14.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 622, P. 245.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 85-213, P. 21.

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