The Dry Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Dry Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1898
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
Analytical Data: AVG. GRADE: $5/CY, PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ, USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 90
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): APPROX. MIDPOINT OF 1 KM SECTION OF PLACER MINE TAILINGS ALONG CREEK; PLACER AU PRESENT IN LOWER COURSE FROM ABOUT 1 MILE ABOVE MOUTH TO 1/8 MILE BOVE NEWTON G. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): 1900: $25,000 IN AU PRODUCED
Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED: 1900, 1905-06, 1907, 1915-16, 1918; DREDGING: 1920-21, 1925-29, 1933-38; MOST OF EARLIER MINING WAS BY DRIFTING
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: CHLORITIC SCHIST AND LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): SOME DATA MAY APPLY TO UPPER DRY CR. AS WELL. ; 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 (Deposit): PAYSTREAK ABOUT 1 MILE FROM COASTLINE: 150 FT WIDE, 3-5 FT THICK, ON CLAY BED; SECTION 1/8 MILE ABOVE MOUTH OF NEWTON GULCH: (TOP TO BOTTOM) 3 FT OF MOSS AND MUCK, 3 FT OF SANDY CLAY, 8 FT OF MICA-SCHIST AND LIMESTONE GRAVELS ON CLAY BED; PROSPECT HOLES IN VICINITY SHOW GRAVELS TO BE MUCH DEEPER.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS AND OTHERS, USGS SPEC. PUB., P. 69, 81-83.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 168-169.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 90.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 26, LOC. 343.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-127
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