The Shovel Creek Placer Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Shovel Creek Placer Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shovel Creek Placer Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT ON ONE OF THE LOWER TERRACES ACROSS AND A FEW MILES UPSTREAM FROM RUBY. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): CLAIMS STAKED IN 1911-15 APPARENTLY RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF NO MINABLE GROUND. LATE IN THE SUMMER OF 1915 THERE WAS A STAMPEDE FROM RUBY.
Comment (Workings): WORK IN 1911 AND 1915 ON GRAVEL DEPOSITS NORTH OF THE YUKON R.
Comment (Geology): CREEK DRAINS A GRANITE BODY IN CONTACT WITH MAFIC ROCKS, LIMESTONE, AND SCHIST; A POTENTIALLY FAVORABLE SETTING FOR A MINERALIZED ZONE.
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 BEARING GRAVELS BENEATH 20 OR MORE FEET OF CLEAN WHITE QUARTZ BOULDERS OVERLAIN BY SEVERAL FEET OF FINE SEDIMENT OR MUCK.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 642, P. 249
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 88, LOC. 42.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 81-170, P. 66.
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