Wiseman Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wiseman Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): NOT LIKELY TO CONTAIN ANY MINEABLE CONCENTRATIONS OF GOLD; FLOUR GOLD ONLY SEE ALSO: NOLAN CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): 2 SHAFTS SUNK, 1908-1910; 28 PLACER CLAIMS ACTIVE: 1924-1929, 1982; 1924-1929 PROSPECTING WAS ATTEMPT TO FIND BURIED CHANNEL DEPOSITS NEAR VALLEY WALL; NO DEPOSIT FOUND

Comment (Deposit): WIDE VALLEY FILLED WITH MORE THAN 350 FT OF GRAVEL, SAND AND SILT; SOME FRAGMENTS OF SLATY COUNTRY ROCK MIXED WITH GRAVEL; FLOUR GOLD FOUND IN STREAM WASHED GRAVEL LAYERS IN 2 SHAFTS AND SURFACE CUTS; NO ECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONS OF GOLD FOUND

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MICACEOUS SCHIST

Comment (Location): PLACER CLAIMS ALONG ENTIRE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF WISEMAN CR.; MOST WERE STAKED WITHOUT THE DISCOVERY OF PLACER GOLD LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Workings): 260 FT SHAFT SUNK IN 1908-09; 335 FT SHAFT SUNK IN 1909-10; TWO SURFACE CUTS MADE IN 1924-1929 MEASURED 800 FT X 40 FT X 6 FT AND 400 FT X 30 FT X 10 FT

References

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS, 1982, MINING CLAIM LOCATION MAP, WISEMAN QUADRANGLE-30 DECEMBER 1982: ANCHORAGE, AK, KARDEX NO. 30-67

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 532, P. 91-92

Reference (Deposit): REED, IRVING, MCK., 1938, UPPER KOYUKUK REGION, ALASKA: UNPUB. TDM REPORT, P. 60-62

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