Bear Creek Placer

The Bear Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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: Bear Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Rhenium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hughes

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: U. V. Industries
Home Office: P.O. Box 1170, Fairbanks, Ak. 99707

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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

Analytical Data: SPHENE FROM ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 28,450 PPM RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS AND 1,400 PPM TH. OLD REPORTS OF PLATINUM-GROUP METALS AND CASSITERITE IN CONCENTRATES PROBABLY ARE NOT CORRECT.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Platinum

Comments

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

Comment (Geology): BEAR CREEK FLOWS ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE ZONE HILLS QUARTZ MONZONITE-GRANODORITE PLUTON. ZONE OF THERMAL METAMORPHISM BORDERS PLUTON. ; REG.COM: AURIFEROUS GRAVELS DERIVED FROM GLACIAL DEPOSITS OF LOCAL ORIGIN; THE GOLD AND OTHER HEAVY MINERALS IN PLACER CONCENTRATES PROBABLY ORIGINALLY CAME FROM CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN UPPER CRETACEOUS PORPHYRITIC MONZONITE AND LOWER CRETACEOUS ANDESITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS BENEATH GLACIAL DEPOSITS ABOUT A MILE ABOVE MINED AREA.

Comment (Commodity): CASSITERITE AND PLATINUM-GROUP METALS IDENTIFIED IN SAMPLES COLLECTED IN THE EARLY 1920'S.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-458, LOC. 7. TAILINGS MARKED ON HUGHES (A-6). MINE MARKED ON HUGHES QUADRANGLE MAP. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SHUNGNAK 1:250000

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): SMALL-SCALE MINING IN 1921; A DREDGE OPERATED FROM 1957 TO 1975. 19 MEN OPERATED DREDGE IN 1975.

Comment (Deposit): AURIFEROUS GRAVELS CONCENTRATED IN OUTWASH STREAMS FROM A GLACIAL LOBE THAT TERMINATED AT BEAR CREEK.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 75-267, P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-458 (A-6), LOC. 7

Reference (Deposit): USGS C 570, P. 9.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 525-A, P. A102

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