Woodchopper Creek Placer

The Woodchopper Creek Placer is a gold, silver, and tin mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Woodchopper Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska

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
Discovery Year: 1913
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: 17 GLM3 AU, 1.9 GLM3 AG.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Picotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Unknown: Cassiterite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD AND CASSITERITE IN DEEP CHANNEL AND ON BURRIED BENCHES 100-200 FT. BELOW SURFACE. MINE ON BENCH JUST EAST OF WOODCHOPPER CR. SHOWED 20 FT. OF GRAVEL ON BEDROCK; OVERLAIN BY 20 FT. OF MUCK, 40 FT. OF GRAVEL, AND ANOTHER 40 FT. OF MUCK. AURIFEROUS GRAVEL DISCOVERED IN FLATS NEAR MOUTH OF CREEK.

Comment (Geology): WOODCHOPPER CREEK MARKS SW END OF TIN BELT.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 50 FT. PER MILE. LOCATION DESCRIPTION REPRESENTS ENTIRE LENGTH OF WOODCHOPPER CR.. MINING CENTERED AT ABANDONED VILLAGE OF WOODCHOPPER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 25. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR ABANDONED VILLAGE OF WOODCHOPPER, MARKED IN SE CORNER OF TANANA (A-3), APPROXIMATING 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): LARGE-SCALE DRIFT MINING PRECEDED BY PROSPECT DRILLING UNTIL 1956 AND PROBABLY LATER. OVER 100 MEN EMPLOYED IN 1915-16. PROSPECT DRILLING BY ADOLPH BOCK, 1926-41. OF 43 HOLES, 20 HAD GOLD, 21 CASSITERITE, AND 5 CASSITERITE WITHOUT GOLD.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (A-3), LOC. 25

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1058-I, P. 370, 372, 388-89, 392-94

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 85-213, P. 25.

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