Short Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Short Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ruby

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

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
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: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold

Comments

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

Comment (Location): USGS MF-405, LOC. 15. PLACER DEPOSITS FROM HEAD OF CREEK TO WINTER TRAIL MARKED ON RUBY (B-6). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR DISCOVERY CLAIM .6 MI. ABOVE MOUTH. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): PLACER GOLD AND TIN DISCOVERED ON SHORT CR. IN 1913 AT WORKINGS .6 MI. ABOVE MOUTH. CREEK MINED BY OPEN CUTS FOR 1-1.5 MILES BELOW HEAD. MINING WAS ALL PROBABLY BETWEEN 1914 OR 1915 AND EARLY 1920'S.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD AND CASSITERITE IN STREAM PLACER. GOLD CONTENT LOW AND GOLD IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED CLOSE TO BEDROCK. PLACER GROUND 10-15 FT. DEEP; 4-6 FT. OF GRAVEL BENEATH MUCK. PAY STREAK 20-40 FT. WIDE AND USUALLY WITHIN A FOOT OF BEDROCK IN A POORLY DEFINED IRREGULAR CHANNEL. DEPTH TO BEDROCK INCREASES FROM 12 FEET AT WINTER TRAIL TO 75 FEET AT MOUTH OF CREEK.

Comment (Workings): A LINE OF DRILL HOLES ON 30 FOOT CENTERS ACROSS THE VALLEY, 500 FEET BELOW THE WINTER TRAIL, YEILDED NO GOLD OR TIN.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (B-6), LOC. 15.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 239, P. 48-49.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 88, LOC. 41

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