Flat Creek Placer Prospect

The Flat Creek Placer Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Flat Creek Placer Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: 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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite

Comments

Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED BETWEEN 1931 AND 1940, BUT ANOTHER REPORT INDICATED VERY LITTLE MINING DURING THIS PERIOD.

Comment (Deposit): SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND TRACES OF CASSITERITE WERE REPORTED FROM PROSPECT HOLES DUG IN 1938; NONE COULD BE FOUND IN SAMPLES OF THE DUMPS TAKEN IN 1942. POSSIBLY THE MINING WAS ON BENCHES OF LONG CREEK THAT WERE CUT BY FLAT CREEK. MUCK AND GRAVEL WERE 14 FT. THICK AT PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Workings): GROUND FROZEN, EXCEPT CLOSE TO CREEK.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST IN UPPER COURSE; CUTS BENCHES OF LONG CREEK NEAR MOUTH.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100-200 FEET PER MILE EAST OF WINTER TRAIL MARKED ON RUBY (B-6). SOME OF REFERENCES REPORTING MINING MAY REFLECT CONFUSION BETWEEN THIS FLAT CR. AND ANOTHER FLAT CR. TRIBUTARY OF TIMBER CR. NEAR POORMAN. ; 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. 21. DUMP PILES AT PROSPECT PITS ABOUT 1.5 MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE WINTER TRAIL CROSSING MARKED ON RUBY (B-6). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (B-6), LOC. 21

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 239, P. 48

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 85, LOC. 18.

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