Clara Creek

The Clara Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Clara Creek
Secondary: Clara Creek Mining Co.
Secondary: Garthe
Secondary: Haroldson and Wicklund
Secondary: Olson & Associates
Secondary: Sampson and Garthe
Secondary: Thorson
Secondary: Thorson and Olson

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Osmium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PT= 82.25%, IR= 5.37%, OS= .54%, RU= .28%, RH= 1.45%, PD= .14%, MERTIE 1969, = % OF PT METALS SHOWING DROSS

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): ONE PT NUGGET TO TWO OZS RECOVERED

Comment (Geology): HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE, SERPENTINE

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1930, P. 37-38, 60 (B810)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 66 (B824)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 68 (B836)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 66 (B844-A)

Reference (Deposit): 16) COBB, 1972 P. 29 (OF 508)

Reference (Deposit): 17) COBB, 1972 (MF 362)

Reference (Deposit): 5) SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 62 (B857-A)

Reference (Deposit): 6) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 67 (B864-A)

Reference (Deposit): 7) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 70 (B868-A)

Reference (Deposit): 8) SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 73 (B880-A)

Reference (Deposit): 9) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 83 (B897-A)

Reference (Deposit): 10) MERTIE, 1939, P. 128-131 (B910-B)

Reference (Deposit): 11) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 82-83 (B917-A)

Reference (Deposit): 12) MERTIE, 1940, P. 57-59, 67-70 (B918)

Reference (Deposit): 13) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 76-77 (B926-A)

Reference (Deposit): 14) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 73-74 (B933-A)

Reference (Deposit): 15) MERTIE, 1969, P. 77, 85-86 (P630)

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