Straight Creek Placer

The Straight Creek Placer is a gold and tin mine located in Alaska.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Straight Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ruby

Land Status

Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FINENESS 850 AU.

Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100 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.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-405, LOC. 6. DEPOSIT NEAR MOUTH OF STRAIGHT CR., ON BENCH OF BIRCH CR. CUT BY STRAIGHT CR. SEE REF. 2, FIG. 12. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): DRIFT MINING 1916-20.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD AND CASSITERITE MINED NEAR MOUTH FROM A BENCH DEPOSIT OF BIRCH CR. CUT BY STRAIGHT CR. MOST OF MINING IN VICINITY WAS ON BENCH OF BIRCH CR. BETWEEN STRAIGHT AND CROOKED CREEKS.

Comment (Geology): HILL DRAINED BY STRAIGHT CR. MADE UP OF SCHIST INTRUDED BY GRANITIC DIKES. CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND SCHIST NEAR MOUTH OF CREEK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS GRANITE AND SCHIST. ; REG.COM: A BEDROCK SOURCE OF CASSITERITE COULD NOT BE FOUND.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (B-5), LOC. 6.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 239, P. 42-44, FIG. 12.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 89, LOC. 47.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 81-170, P. 73.

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