Bird Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bird Creek Placer
Secondary: St. Louis Channel Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Yentna/Cache Creek

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Magnetite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Copper

Comments

Comment (Location): BIRD CREEK HIGH CHANNEL DEPOSIT, (ST. LOUIS CHANNEL), SITE OF 1976 MINING; SEE: USBM OFR 24-78, 4-117 AND FIG. 4.2-B(3). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): DRILL CORE DATA WITH PAY VALUES AVAILABLE IN USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-119

Comment (Development): SMALL SCALE HYDRAULIC AND SLUICE-TYPE OPERATIONS SINCE EARLY 1900'S; ST. LOUIS CHANNEL DRILLED IN 1942 BY CALUMET AND HECLA COPPER MININGCO. ; MINED IN 1976 BY EARL RAY

Comment (Deposit): ST. LOUIS CHANNEL: BASAL UNIT OF YELLOWISH GRAVEL OVERLAIN BY 50 TO 75 FT OF GLACIAL MUD CONTAINING ANGULAR BOULDERS; CURIFEROUS THROUGHOUT BY ESPECIALLY IN BASAL GRAVEL

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN 1976 CONSISTED OF 3 SHALLOW PITS, APPROXIMATELY 500 FTBY 250 FT, 400 FT BY 300 FT AND 400 FT BY 200 FT; SEE USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-119

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: GOLD-SCHEELITE VEIN OCCURS IN HEADWATER BASIN ; MAJOR.UNITS: MESOZOIC SLATE INTRUDED BY SODA RHYOLITE PORPHYRY

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: PETERS CREEK; OTHER GLACIO FLUVIAL DEPOSITS IN THE DISTRICT ARE AT WINDY CREEK AND NUGGET CREEK, BOTH TRIBUTARIES TO CACHE CREEK ; 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.

References

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-870D-83

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-870-D, LOC. 83

Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-112, 4-117, 4-121

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 68, LOC. 24

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 311, P. 30, 32-33, 45

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 864-A, P. 31

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 692, P. 260-261

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 534, P. 65

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