The Little Moose Creek Placer is a gold and tungsten mine located in Alaska.
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Little Moose Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Moose Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
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: 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: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
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-410, LOC. 63. PLACER DEPOSITS ALL IN LOWER MILE OF COURSE ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH MOOSE CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF PLACER GROUND. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED IN 1916 AND 1937; THOUGHT TO BE CARRIED ON IN OTHER YEARS AS WELL.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN BASAL 2-4 FT. OF GRAVEL IN MILE OF STREAM COURSE ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH MOOSE CREEK.
Comment (Geology): HIGH GRAVELS ON DIVIDES AND INTERTRIBUTARY RIDGES. SULFIDE MINERALIZATION HAS BEEN FOUND NEAR DIVIDE BETWEEN LITTLE MOOSE AND EVA CREEKS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD PROBABLY MINERALIZED ZONES (SUCH AS DIVIDE BETWEEN EVA AND MOOSE CREEKS) IN SCHIST, RATHER THAN HIGH GRAVELS.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 300 FT. PER MILE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (A-4), LOC. 63.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 662, P. 365-368.
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