The Bear Creek 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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Bear Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Creek
Secondary: Hogatza
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Hughes District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Production): BEAR CREEK DREDGE ONLY ONE IN HUGHES DISTRICT STILL OPERATING IN 1969
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1923, P. 41 (B739)
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1965, P. A102 (P525)
Reference (Deposit): PATTON AND MILLER, T.P. 1966 (I-459)
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, T. P. AND FERRIANS, 1968, P. 9 (C570)
Reference (Deposit): 5) COBB, 1972, P. 78-79 (OF 508)
Reference (Deposit): 6) COBB, 1972 (MF 458)
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