The Ruth Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Ruth Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruth Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Tolovana
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: 1916
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: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 65. PLACER NEAR MOUTH OF RUTH CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF LIVENGOOD CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINING FROM 1916 TO 1940'S; SMALL SCALE MINING AT VARIOUS TIMES IN THE 1960'S AND 1970'S. MINED BY OPEN-CUT, SLUICING, AND DRIFTING. MINED IN 1975 BY BULLDOZER.
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK APPEARS TO DIP AWAY FROM THE CREEK ON EACH SIDE, SO THAT THERE ARE TWO DEEPER AURIFEROUS CHANNELS. SUPERPOSITION OF DRAINAGE DUE TO SILTING HAS OCCURRED ON THE TRIBUTARIES OF LIVENGOOD CR., AS WELL AS ON THE MAIN STREAM. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS A MIXTURE OF MANY KINDS OF DEVONIAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS (INCLUDING MUCH BLACK CRYSTALINE LIMESTONE) AND A VARIETY OF INTRUSIVE ROCKS; BEDROCK MUCH SEAMED WITH CALCITE AND QUARTZ.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 500 FEET 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 (Deposit): GOLD AT BASE OF GRAVEL AND IN TOP TWO FEET OF BEDROCK; PAYSTREAK 30-40 FT. WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 269-270
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF 413 (C-4), LOC. 65
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