Dime Creek

The Dime Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dime Creek
Secondary: Haycock
Secondary: Dime Creek Dredging Co.
Secondary: Dime Creek Mining Co.
Secondary: Haycock Mining Co.
Secondary: Moon and Ryan
Secondary: Smith

Commodity

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

Location

State: Alaska
District: Koyuk District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Rutile
Ore: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Production): TENOR OF PLACERS AT DIME CREEK WAS ONE OZ PT TO 241.90 OZ AU.

References

Reference (Deposit): 9) CATHCART, 1920, P. 188-189, 196 (B712)

Reference (Deposit): 10) BROOKS, 1921, P. 38 (B714)

Reference (Deposit): 11) BROOKS AND MARTIN, 1921, P. 71, 94 (B714)

Reference (Deposit): 8) MARTIN, 1920, P. 23, 52 (B712)

Reference (Deposit): 12) HARRINGTON, 1921B, P. 236 (B714)

Reference (Deposit): 13) BROOKS, 1922, P. 23 (B722)

Reference (Deposit): 14) CATHCART, 1922, P. 183-184 (B722)

Reference (Deposit): 15) BROOKS, 1923, P. 13 (B739)

Reference (Deposit): 16) MERTIE, 1923, P. 158 (B739)

Reference (Deposit): 17) BROOKS, 1925, P. 27, 30, 50 (B773)

Reference (Deposit): 18) SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 17-18, 25 (B783)

Reference (Deposit): 19) MOFFIT, 1927B, P. 24, 33 (B792)

Reference (Deposit): 20) SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 27, 30, 39 (B797)

Reference (Deposit): 21) SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 36, 40, 52 (B810)

Reference (Deposit): 22) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 41-42, 47, 59 (B813)

Reference (Deposit): 23) SMITH, P. S., 1932, P.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1916A, P. 22, 70 (B642)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, S. S., 1917A, P. 27 (BMB 142)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, S. S., 1917B, P. 56 (BMB 153)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1918D, P. 21, 24 (B662)

Reference (Deposit): 5) MERTIE, 1918, P. 454, 458 (B662)

Reference (Deposit): 6) MARTIN, 1919, P. 21, 40-41 (B692)

Reference (Deposit): 7) HARRINGTON, 1919C, P. 380-381, 396-398 (B692)

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