Texas Creek Placer

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

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Texas Creek Placer  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 61.73472, -151.09444

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Texas Creek Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Texas Creek Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Alaska
District: Yentna


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


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: Gold


Comments

Comment (Development): PROSPECTED IN 1933, 18 CLAIMS STAKED; FAILED TO FIND WORKABLE GROUND

Comment (Deposit): LOW GRADE PLACER DEPOSIT IN SEDIMENTS ABOVE BLUE-CLAY FALSE BEDROCK

Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY SHALLOW TRENCH 200 FT LONG

Comment (Deposit): TOO LOW GRADE TO MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): APPROXIMATED FROM USGS MF-385, LOC. 8 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 864-A, P. 31-32

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 868-A, P. 33

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 23

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 76, LOC. 8

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-385-08


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