Glacier Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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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

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