The California Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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California Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
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: 1910
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
Unknown: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): HAND MINING REPORTED IN 1910, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN CARRIED ON IN OTHER YEARS AS WELL. MINED IN 1975 BY 6" SUCTION DREDGE JIG, PANNER, AND D-8 BULLDOZER.
Comment (Geology): VALLEY COMPRISED OF 3 BASINS SEPERATED BY RIDGES OF SCHIST THROUGH WHICH CREEK HAS CUT CANYONS HUNDREDS OF FEET DEEP. NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHIST. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IN TWO CANYONS IS SCHIST; REST OF COURSE IN GRAVEL, SAND, AND LIGNITE. ; REG.COM: QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHIST AT HEAD OF CREEK MAY HAVE BEEN SOURCE OF GOLD.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-410, LOC. 66, 67. MINING 5 MILES ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH REX CREEK, WHERE CREEK ENTERS CANYON CUT IN SCHIST. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR UPPER PLACER, LOCATION 67. TRIBUTARY OF TOTATLANIKA RIVER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
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 GRAVELS ON SCHIST BEDROCK. PAY SPOTTY AND DISCONTINUOUS. GRAVEL ABOUT 6 FT. DEEP. DEPOSITS SAID TO BE TOO LEAN FOR HAND MINING. PLATINUM FOUND IN PLACERS. PLACERS WHERE CREEK ENTERS CANYON BETWEEN MIDDLE AND LOWER BASINS. COLORS FOUND IN MANY PARTS OF BASIN.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT IN BASINS UNDER 100 FT. PER MILE; GRADIENT IN CANYONS ABOUT 200 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (A-4), LOC. 66, 67
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 501, P. 44, 46
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 380-81, 383
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