Indian River Placer

The Indian River Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Indian River Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1909
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GOLD BEARING DEPOSITS ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY IN THE IMMEDIATE BED OF THE STREAM. THE AURIFEROUS GRAVELS ARE 2-6 FEET DEEP AND HAVE AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF ABOUT 50 FEET.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-458, LOC. 10. PLACER MINE AND TAILINGS MARKED ON HUGHES (A-2). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Geology): PLACER AREA UNDERLAIN BY PLUTONIC ROCKS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK THROUGHOUT THE AREA OF PROFITABLE PLACER GROUND IS GRANITE.

Comment (Development): GOLD DISCOVERED BY NATIVE IN 1909. J.C. FELIX STRUCK PAY DIRT IN THE SUMMER OF 1910. FIRST MINING IN DISTRICT IN SUMMER, 1911. PLACER MINING FROM 1911 TO AS RECENTLY AS 1965. LARGE-SCALE MINING CEASED IN 1961.

Comment (Workings): AT ONE PLACE THE PAY STREAK WAS UNDER THE EAST BANK OF THE STREAM FOR A SHORT DISTANCE, BUT THE DEPOSIT IS ON A LEVEL WITH THE STREAM AND DOES NOT INDICATE A TRUE BENCH DEPOSIT.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PER MILE. THE BOULDERS THAT MAKE UP MOST OF THE DEPOSITS ARE A HINDERANCE TO ECONOMIC MINING. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MINING ALONG SNYDER CR., ON UNMARKED HEADWATER TRIBUTARY. ; 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.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-458 (A-2), LOC. 10

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 592, P. 383-384.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 631, P. 82-84.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 75-267, P. 10.

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