The Troublesome Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Troublesome Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Troublesome Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Lead
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
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: Cassiterite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Picotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 62. DEPOSIT JUST BELOW THE MOUTH OF UNION CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): SOME MINING ABOUT 1912 OR EARLIER AND PROBABLY UNTIL ABOUT 1918; RECORDS OF MINING ARE SCANTY. CREEK APPEARS LONG INACTIVE IN 1969.
Comment (Deposit): PLACER GOLD REPORTED
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Geology): PEGMATITIC GRANITE CUT BY CREEK JUST ABOVE UNION CREEK. TROUBLESOME CREEK DRAINS QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTONS AND ASSOCIATED DIKES IN THE WOLVERINE AND SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS AREA. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS CHIEFLY PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT UNDER 50 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 844-D, P. 192, 236.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (C-6), LOC. 62
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