Tip Creek Placer Prospect

The Tip Creek Placer Prospect 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: Tip Creek Placer Prospect

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

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

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

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CREEK FALLS APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET IN HEADWATER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): CONSIDERABLE PROSPECTING REPORTED ABOUT 1912; PROSPECTING CONDITIONS ARE DIFFICULT.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD PROSPECTS RICH ENOUGH TO STIMULATE FURTHER WORK FOUND. GROUND ABOUT 80 FEET DEEP.

Comment (Workings): PROSPECT SHAFTS SUNK TO BEDROCK NEAR HEAD OF CREEK.

Comment (Geology): VALLEY BROAD AND FLAT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Location): LOCATION NEAR HEAD OF CREEK, BUT NOT PRECISELY KNOWN. TRIBUTARY OF EASY MONEY CREEK. 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 OF 77-168 D, P. 89, LOC. 53

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 578, P. 43.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 81-170, P. 80

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