The Gold Basin Creek Placer is a tin and gold mine located in Alaska.
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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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Gold Basin Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Basin Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Hot Springs
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): IN 1917 PROSPECTORS FOUND CONSIDERABLE TIN, BUT LITTLE GOLD. DRILLING AND SHAFT PROSPECTING BEGINNING IN ABOUT 1912 LASTED A FEW YEARS AND WAS RESUMED IN THE 1930'S.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL AMOUNTS OF ROUNDED CASSITERITE AND FINE GOLD ON PHYLLITE BEDROCK AT DEPTHS OF 40-80 FT.
Comment (Geology): THICKNESS OF OVERBURDEN VARRIES MORE WITH SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY THAN BEDROCK TOPOGRAPHY ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS PHYLLITE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 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. 34. DEPOSIT CENTER MIDWAY BETWEEN HEAD AND MOUTH OF GOLD BASIN CREEK, ABOUT 2,000 FT. NW OF SLED ROAD MARKED ON TANANA (A-2) LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1058-I, P. 394-95.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL., 692, P. 38.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (A-2), LOC. 34.
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