The Gunnison Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Gunnison Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gunnison Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Rampart
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: 1904
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
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Picotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM PLACER NEAR MOUTH OF CREEK.
Comment (Geology): GUNNISON CREEK DRAINS GRANITIC CONTACT ZONE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF SAWTOOTH MTN. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAINLY QUARTZITE, PHYLLITE, SLATE, AND CHERT.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 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.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 61. MINE MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (B-6) NEAR CONFLUENCE OF GUNNISON AND TROUBLESOME CREEK. 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 MINING REPORTED IN 1904 AND 1918 AND MAY HAVE BEEN CARRIED ON IN A FEW OTHER YEARS; SOME PROSPECTING OR MINING REPORTED IN THE LATE 1960'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (B-6), LOC. 61
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 844-D, P. 192, 235-36.
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