Little Pup Placer

The Little Pup Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Pup Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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
Year First Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1914
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: GROUND RAN AS MUCH AS .11 OZ PER FT2 OF BEDROCK.

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS SUNK TO BEDROCK FOR PROSPECTING AND DRIFT MINING. ABOUT 600 FT. DOWNSTREAM GROUND RAN $.65 PER FT2 (AU AT $20.67 OZ.), BUT WAS NOT MINED; ABOUT 300 FT. UPSTREAM OF WORKED AREA SHAFT SUNK 62 FT. DID NOT FIND PAY GRAVEL.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: THE BEDROCK IN CREEK WORKINGS IS A CLOSELY FOLDED PHYLLITE. BEDROCK AT MOUTH IS SCHIST. ; REG.COM: LODE GOLD SOURCE PROBABLY CLOSE.

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

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. 30. PLACER GROUND IN LOWER SECTION OF LITTLE PUP GULCH, A TRIBUTARY OF POORMAN CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): DEEP MINE OPERATED, 1914. DRIFT MINING, 1915 STREACH ABOUT 450 FT. LONG WAS WORKED OUT BEFORE 1933. LAST MENTION OF ACTIVITY WAS REPORT OF PROSPECTING IN 1933.

Comment (Deposit): PAY STREAK ON PHYLLITE BEDROCK; ABOUT 60 FT. DEEP. VERY LITTLE GRAVEL, OVERBURDEN MAINLY MUCK. PAY STREAK ABOUT 3,000 FT. LONG AND 5-18 FT. WIDE.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (A-6), LOC. 30

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 662, P. 58.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 864-C, P. 163

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 86, LOC. 29.

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