The Pearl Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Pearl Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pearl Creek Placer
Secondary: Yellow Pup Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Bismuth
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
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: Gold
Unknown: Wolframite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-410, LOC. 59. PLACER GROUND ALONG PEARL CREEK FROM ABOUT 1/4 MI. ABOVE TO 1/4 MI. BELOW CONFLUENCE WITH YELLOW PUP CR. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CONFLUENCE WITH YELLOW PUP CREEK. PLACER 1.5 MI. ENE OF GILMORE DOME. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): PLACER GOLD MINED 1911-14, 1938-40.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM PLACER. ABUNDANT PLACER SCHEELITE AND WOLFRAMITE. GOLD MAY ALSO BE FOUND NEAR MOUTH OF YELLOW PUP CREEK.
Comment (Geology): CREEK HEADS IN AREA WHERE SCHEELITE OCCURS IN CONTACT METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE AND GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS NEAR PORPHYRITIC GRANITE INTRUSIVE BODY.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (D-1), LOC. 59
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-B, P. 71
Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES PAMPHLET 2, P. 27
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