The Glacier Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Glacier Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glacier Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
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
Analytical Data: BISMUTH MADE UP 29% OF ONE SAMPLE OF SLUICE BOX CONCENTRATE
Analytical Data: GRADE: 2.8 GLM3 AU
Analytical Data: SN O2 GRADE UNKNOWN. GOLD SHOWED $1.25-$1.50 PER FT2 (AU AT $104.70 OZ.).
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bismuth
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-405, LOC. 3. PLACER GROUND APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY BETWEEN HEAD AND MOUTH OF GLACIER CR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINING METHODS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD RECOVERED 1.5-2 MI. DOWNSTREAM FROM A PAYSTREAK ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 10 FT. WIDE AND 2 FT. THICK IN A BENCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF CREEK; GROUND 30-45 FT. DEEP. GRAVELS CONTAIN CASSITERITE AND BISMUTH. ONE MINER REPORTED THE RECOVERY OF 150 LBS. OF CASSITERITE CONCENTRATE FROM WORKINGS 1.5 MI ABOVE THE MOUTH OF CREEK. BISMUTH FOUND IN MINING AT HEAD OF CREEK; NEAR THE HEAD OF CREEK GROUND ABOUT 70 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. PER MILE IN MIDDLE SECTION OF CREEK. ; 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 (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SLATY SCHIST WITH ABUNDANT CRYSTALINE LIMESTONE; DOLOMITE AT HEAD. ; REG.COM: LODE SOURCE OF GOLD AND CASSITERITE PROBABLY SAME AS THAT FOR PLACERS OF BIG CR. AND COX GULCH. SOURCE ALSO SAID TO BE QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (C-5), LOC. 3
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 239, P. 37
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 85-213, P. 27.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 85, LOC. 23
The Top Ten Gold Producing States
These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.
