Lillian Creek Placer

The Lillian Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lillian Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tungsten

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: 1915
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
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Picotite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Development): INTERMITTANT MINING FROM 1915 TO AT LEAST 1977. CLAIMS NEAR HEAD WORKED BY OPEN-CUT AND CLAIMS NEAR MOUTH WORKED BY DRIFTING. MINED IN 1975 BY NON-FLOAT METHODS AND BULLDOZER.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD OCCURS IN ALL THE GRAVELS AND THE TOP FOOT OF BEDROCK IN BOTH BENCH AND STREAM PLACERS. GOLD IN GRAVEL FROM 18 INCHES TO 15 FEET THICK. MOST OF PAY IN BENCH PLACERS; PAYSTREAK ON ONE CLAIM AT LEAST 168 FT. WIDE.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 66. PLACER GROUND FROM HEAD TO MOUTH OF LILLIAN CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF LIVENGOOD CR. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF PLACER GROUND NEAR HEAD. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Geology): BEDROCK SURFACE BENEATH BENCHES IS IRREGULAR AND SLOPES STEEPLY TOWARDS THE CREEK. LILLIAN CREEK IS A SHORT, STEEPLY SLOPING STREAM; ITS VALLEY IS FILLED WITH COARSE GRAVEL AND SLIDE ROCK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS CHIEFLY SANDSTONE AND SHALE, WITH SOME SLATE, AND IS COMMONLY MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 500 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.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 712, P. 181-183.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (C-4), LOC. 66

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 270-271

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