The Goldstream Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Goldstream Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goldstream Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
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
Year First Production: 1903
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: Scheelite
Ore: Cassiterite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT UNDER 50 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 (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS. DEPTH TO BEDROCK IS 14 TO 200 FT. COURSE OF PRODUCTIVE GROUND DIVERGES FROM THAT OF CREEK. PRODUCTIVE GROUND AVERAGES 6 FT. THICK. ABUNDANT PLACER SCHEELITE.
Comment (Geology): STREAM FORMED BY CONFLUENCE OF GILMORE AND PEDRO CREEKS. ; REG.COM: PLACER SCHEELITE FROM NEARBY LODES.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-410, LOC. 53. TAILINGS AS MUCH AS 5 MILES LONG AND 1 MILE WIDE VISIBLE ON FAIRBANKS (D-2). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR MILL NEAR CENTER OF TAILINGS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): AREA WAS MINED BY DRIFT AND OPEN CUT 1903-25, FOLLOWED BY DREDGING IN 1928-42 AND 1955-58.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 85-213, P. 29
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 783, P. 13
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 525, P. 105, 109-11, 113.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (D-2), LOC. 53
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