Big Hurrah Creek Placer

The Big Hurrah Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Big Hurrah Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1900
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SCHEELITE CONTENT OF GRAVEL AND OLD TAILINGS IS PROBABLY MUCH LESS THAN 0.1 LB/CY, USGS OFR 4, P. 3.
Analytical Data: 1/4 YARD OF CONC. ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 10.5 OZ AU AND 0.87 LB SCHEELITE
Analytical Data: AU WORTH $18.39 /OZ (PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ), USGS BULL. 263, P. 209

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Unknown: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Workings): MINED BY SMALL SCALE METHODS, HYDRAULIC OPERATIONS - 1903, 1907-08, 1918, AND BY DREDGING - 1911, 1918-26.

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN FOR MOUTH OF LINDA VISTA CREEK; DREDGE TAILINGS EXTEND FOR 1.5 MILE UPSTREAM AND 1.5 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM POINT GIVEN. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): $120,606 IN AU MINED: 1912, 1916-24, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939-41, ADGGS GR 33, P. 5.

Comment (Development): MINING 1900-1943; MOST MINING ACTIVITY WAS BEFORE 1907; DREDGE OPERATED IN 1911 AND 1918-1926.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRAVELS NEAR MOUTH: 3-5 FT DEEP, 100-500 FT WIDE; AT MOUTH OF LION'S CR.: 2-3 FT DEEP, 10-20 FT WIDE; BENCH GRAVELS 10-30 FT ABOVE PRESENT CREEK ALSO AURIFEROUS.

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

Comment (Geology): COARSE ANGULAR SCHIST AND WELL-ROUNDED GREENSTONE GRAVELS WITH FINER MICA-SCHIST AND QUARTZ PEBBLES. ; MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST AND MARBLE ; REG.COM: BOTH PRIMARY LODE SOURCES AND RECONCENTRATIONS OF BENCH DEPOSITS

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT IN LOWER 5 MI: 50 FT/MI; SEE ALSO: BIG HURRAH MINE; BIG HURRAH CREEK HAD RICHEST GRAVELS IN DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM FROM B. HURRAH LODE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-445-100

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 19, LOC. 237.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 91.

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 33, P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 4, P. 3-4.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 433, P. 156, 180-182.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 227-228.

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