Tuttle Creek Placer

The Tuttle Creek Placer is a tin 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

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Site Name

Primary: Tuttle Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Tin
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Port Clarence/Ear Mt

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
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

Analytical Data: HEAVY-MIN-CONC. CONTAINED 0.230% EU, REF. 1, P. 82.
Analytical Data: INDICATED GRADE OF MINING SECTION: TRACE - 1.28 LB SN/CY, AVG. 0.2 LB SN/CY, USBM RI 5493, TABLE 3, P. 23

Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Axinite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Danburite
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SUBECONOMIC SN PLACER DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Development): DMEA FINANCED CHURN-DRILLING PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY ALASKA TIN CORP., 1953; 642.5 FEET OF CHURN-DRILL HOLES.

Comment (Deposit): MINOR TO TRACE AMOUNTS OF CASSITERITE, MONAZITE, SCHEELITE, AND GOLD IN SLIGHTLY RADIOACIVE PLACER SAMPLE CONCENTRATES; INDICATED DEPTH OF MINING SECTION: 2.5-16.5 FT INCLUDING 1 FT OF BEDROCK; ESTIMATED VOLUME OF GRAVEL IN TUTTLE CR. DRAINAGE: 426,000 CY IN DEPOSIT 13,500 FT IN LENGTH AND 10-35 FT IN WIDTH.

Comment (Location): APPROX. MIDPOINT OF ABOUT 2 MILE SECTION OF CREEK EXPLORED BY DMEA CHURN-DRILLING PROJECT; USBM RI 5493, FIGS. 10, 11. 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 BULLETIN 1024-C, P. 69, 71-72, 74, 78, 80-82, 85.

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5493, P. 1-3, 11, 21-23, 30-33.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 7, LOC. 45.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-49

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