Stonehouse Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Stonehouse Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fortymile

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: Past Producer
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

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FEET PER MILE. LOCATION DESCRIPTION INCLUDES REFERENCES TO IRENE GULCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): INTERMITTANT SMALL SCALE MINING FROM 1903 TO 1936.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 50. PLACER 1/4 TO 3/4 MI. UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH OF STONEHOUSE CREEK (APPROX.), A TRIBUTARY OF CHICKEN CREEK. COORDINATES FOR PLACER CENTER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): MOST OF GOLD ON NARROW BEDROCK BENCHES ON EAST WALL OF VALLEY, AT VARYING HEIGHTS ABOVE CREEK. BENCH GRAVEL 2-8 FT. THICK.

Comment (Geology): STREAM VALLEY DEEPLY INCISED, NARROW, AND ASYMMETRIC, WITH A STEEP WEST WALL. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS BANDED ARGILLITE AND LAMINATED PHYLLITE CUT BY GRANULAR INTRUSIVES AND QUARTZ VEINS. BEDROCK STRIKES ABOUT NW AND DIPS MODERATELY SW. ; REG.COM: GOLD PROBABLY DERIVED FROM QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS IN PHYLLITE.

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

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 813, P. 138.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 375, P. 39-40.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-50

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (A-2), LOC. 50.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 897-C, P. 170, 173, 177.

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