California Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: California Creek Placer

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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
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): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-448, LOC. 16. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR MINE MARKED ON SHUNGNAK (D-2) LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): GOLD DISCOVERED 1918; MINING REPORTED IN NEARLY EVERY YEAR THROUGH 1940. MINING, 1918-31, BY HYDRAULICKING. LARGEST HYDRAULIC PLANT IN DISTRICT, 1926.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN LOWER 5 FT. OF GRAVEL; NOT IN BEDROCK CREVICES. GRAVEL UP TO 20 FT. THICK. NEPHRITE BOULDERS COMMON, BUT VERY LITTLE GEM QUALITY MATERIAL. BOTH CREEK AND BENCH DEPOSITS AURIFEROUS.

Comment (Geology): VALLEY UNGLACIATED. STREAM DRAINS AREA OF METAVOLCANIC ROCK AND PHYLLITE THAT IS CUT BY MANY QUARTZ VEINS FROM WHICH GOLD IN PLACERS WAS PROBABLY DERIVED. BOULDERS DERIVED FROM GREENSTONE AND GREEN SCHIST EXPOSED NEARBY. QUARTZ CRYSTALS RECOVERED FROM GOLD PLACERS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY MORE THAN 5,000 AND LESS THAN 20,000 OZ.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. PER MILE. ASBESTOS FIBERS SAID TO BE AS LONG AS 3 IN. WERE FOUND IN PLACER WORKINGS. FIRST LARGE-SCALE MINING IN DISTRICT. SEVERAL SHORT TRIBUTARIES ENTER CREEK FROM THE SE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-448 (D-2), LOC. 16.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 75-267, P. 30-31.

Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DIV. OF MINES GR, 37, P. 28

Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DIV. OF MINES GR, P. 57.

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