Moose Creek Placer

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

About the MRDS Data:

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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Moose Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Platinum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bonnifield

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
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: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): USGS MF-410, LOC. 62. PLACER GROUND FOR ABOUT 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF MOOSE AND LITTLE MOOSE CREEKS. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR PLACER MINE MARKED ALONG MOOSE CR ON SW CORNER OF FAIRBANKS (A-4). TRIBUTARY OF NENANA RIVER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): FIRST PRODUCTION IN 1909. INTERMITTANT SMALL-SCALE MINING REPORTED 1909-75. MINED MAINLY BY OPEN-CUT METHODS. DRAGLINE PLANT INSTALLED, 1937. MINED BY BULLDOZER IN 1975.

Comment (Deposit): BOTH CREEK AND BENCH PLACERS. GOLD IN BASAL 2 TO 4 FT. OF PRESENT STREAM BED AND IN OLDER STREAM GRAVELS ON ROCK BENCHES ABOUT 15 FT. ABOVE STREAM LEVEL. PAY DISCONTINUOUS, GOLD DISTRIBUTED IN DISCONNECTED PATCHES OF GRAVEL OR POCKETS IN THE BEDROCK. PLACERS ABOVE AND BELOW MOUTH OF LITTLE MOOSE CREEK. SOME GOLD IN HIGH GRAVELS. COMMON PLACER SCHEELITE AND CINNABAR, SCARCE CASSITERITE. PLATINUM FOUND IN PLACERS.

Comment (Geology): BASIN ERODED IN SCHIST OVERLAIN BY GRAVEL; THICK REMNANTS ON DIVIDES AND IN TERTRIBUTARY RIDGES. QUARTZ PORPHYRY INTRUSIVES NEAR HEAD. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST. ; REG.COM: MADDREN CONSIDERS PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF GOLD TO BE MINERALIZED ZONES IN SCHIST BEDROCK; OVERLYING GRAVELS ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED VERY MUCH GOLD TO THE PRESENT PLACERS OF MOOSE CREEK.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 100-200 FT PER MILE. PROSPECTS OF GOLD MAY BE OBTAINED AT SOME POINTS IN THE HIGH GRAVELS THAT REST ON THE UPPER SLOPES OF THE VALLEY, BUT NO MINING HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED. ; 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 (A-4), LOC. 62

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 364-68, 355.

The Top Ten Gold Producing States

These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.