The Tozimoran Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Tozimoran Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tozimoran Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Melozitna
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FINENESS DETERMINATIONS OF 835 AND 895 PARTS PER THOUSAND REPORTED. CHANNEL SAMPLES FROM BENCH INDICATED AVERAGES OF .731 LB. SN AND .0228 OZ. AU PER CU. YD. IN BLOCK 650 FT. LONG AND 80 FT. WIDE.
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A LITTLE GOLD AND CASSITERITE IN BOTTOM 2 FT. OF BENCH GRAVEL; GOLD, BUT NOT CASSITERITE, IN CRACKS IN UPPER 6 IN. OF BEDROCK. A LITTLE GOLD AND CASSITERITE IN UNFROZEN CREEK ALLUVIUM. QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS IN QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST CONTAIN SOME ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND CERRUSSITE. BENCH GRAVEL ABOUT 4 FT. THICK BENEATH 3 FT. OF MUCK. CREEK GRAVEL ABOUT 15 FT. THICK.
Comment (Geology): TWO AGES OF ALLUVIUM. OLDER IN ISOLATED REMNANTS OF BENCHES, ONE OF WHICH CARRIES GOLD AND CASSITERITE. TOURMALINE ACCOMPANIES CASSITERITE IN VEINLETS IN MICACEOUS QUARTZITE PEBBLES. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST AND MATIC IGNEOUS ROCKS; GRANITE ALSO PRESENT. SEQUENCE THICK.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 16. DEPOSIT ON BENCH ALONG SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK 2,000 FT. DOWNSTREAM FROM ASH CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): CONSIDERABLE PROSPECTING AND A LITTLE HAND MINING ON REMNANT BENCH DOWNSTREAM FROM ASH CR.. DEPOSIT EXPLORED AND SAMPLED BY THE USBM AND USGS. TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY NO MORE THAN A FEW OUNCES OF GOLD AND A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS OF CASSITERITE CONCENTRATE.
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): USBM RI 4323
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 239, P. 14-20, 22, 24-32
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (B-6), LOC. 16
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