The Patterson Creek Placer is a gold, silver, and tin mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Patterson Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Patterson 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: 1907
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLACER GOLD RECOVERED AT CONFLUENCE WITH SULLIVAN CREEK. GRAVELS 35-70 FT. DEEP. MOST OF MINING WAS ON TRIBUTARIES AND BENCHES BETWEEN TRIBUTARIES.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SLATE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 50 FT. PER MILE. LOCATION DESCRIPTION FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF PATTERSON CR. IN TANANA (A-1, 2). ; 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): COORDINATES GIVEN FOR PLACER AT CONFLUENCE WITH SULLIVAN CREEK IN SW CORNER OF TANANA (A-2) LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): SPORADIC MINING REPORTED IN EARLY 1900'S. PROSPECT DRILLING, 1918.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5373, P. 7.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 337, P. 93.
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