Goldstream Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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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

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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: 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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