Monument Creek Placer

The Monument 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

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Site Name

Primary: Monument Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1933
Discovery Year: 1912
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

Analytical Data: AVERAGE FINENESS OF 3 ASSAYS WAS 853 PARTS AU AND 139 PARTS AG.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1912-13

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK GABBROIC GREENSTONE AND SILICEOUS SCHIST; GRANITE ON HEADWATER DIVIDE TO NORTH. ; REG.COM: LODE SOURCE OF GOLD PROBABLY IN SCHISTOSE ROCKS AND PERIPHERAL TO GRANITE. GRANITE ON HEADWATER DIVIDE TO NORTH IS PROBABLY THE SOURCE AREA FOR METALS IN PLACER DEPOSITS.

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. 24. PLACER GROUND FROM A POINT HALF A MILE ABOVE RABBIT CREEK DOWNSTREAM FOR ABOUT A MILE. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR DISCOVERY CLAIM AT MOUTH OF RABBIT CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): GOOD PLACER GROUND DISCOVERED ABOUT MIDWAY IN STREAM'S COURSE, WINTER 1912-13. MINING, SUMMER 1913. SPORADIC MINING 1913 TO 1933; UNDERGROUND DRIFT METHODS REPORTED.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD OCCURS IN STREAKS OF FINE GRAVEL 3 TO 6 INCHES THICK IN MAIN BODY OF GRAVEL. THESE STREAKS ARE IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED BOTH VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY. LITTLE OR NO GOLD IS FOUND ON BEDROCK. PAY STREAK ABOUT A MILE LONG, 20-50 FEET WIDE, AND ABOUT 15 FT. THICK (ALL OF GRAVEL); GRAVEL OVERLAIN BY ABOUT 25 FEET OF FROZEN MUCK. THE PAY STREAK LIES ABOUT 100 FEET NW OF AND PARALLEL TO THE CREEK. ONLY A LITTLE CASSITERITE IN GRAVELS.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET PER MILE IN AREA MINED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (B-5), LOC. 24.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 864-C, P. 153-154.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 87, LOC. 35.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 81-170, P. 53-54.

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