Tenderfoot Creek Placer

The Tenderfoot 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: Tenderfoot Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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
Discovery Year: 1913
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

Comments

Comment (Geology): SIMILAR SETTING TO DEPOSITS ON POORMAN AND DUNCAN CREEKS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK NEAR MOUTH IS PHYLLITE.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET 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 (Deposit): GOLD IN STRATUM OF GRAVEL 3-6 FT. THICK ON BEDROCK AT DEPTH OF 53-65 FT.; OVERBURDEN CHIEFLY MUCK. HARD TO DISTINGUISH GRAVELS OF TENDERFOOT CR. FROM RIGHT-LIMIT GRAVELS OF POORMAN CR.; MINING MAY HAVE BEEN IN GRAVELS OF POORMAN CR. WHERE CUT BY TENDERFOOT CR.

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS SUNK TO BEDROCK FOR DRIFT MINING.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-405, LOC. 30. PLACER GROUND ABOUT HALF A MILE ABOVE MOUTH. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): PLACER GROUND DISCOVERED, 1913. DRIFT MINING ABOUT HALF A MILE ABOVE MOUTH FROM 1913 TO PROBABLY ABOUT 1930'S.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (A-6), LOC. 30

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 592, P. 368-369.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 89, LOC. 51

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 81-170, P. 78.

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