The Crooked Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Crooked Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crooked Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Eagle
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tintina Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FINENESS OF 20 ASSAYS AVERAGED 902 PARTS AU AND 92 PARTS AG. SEE REF. 3, P. 254.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Silver
Comments
Comment (Development): MINED MAINLY BY HYDRAULIC METHODS 1909-40.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN ALL PARTS OF GRAVEL ALONG LOWER 2 MILES OF CREEK. GRAVEL 5-8 FT THICK OVERLAIN BY 3-4 FT OF MUCK. SOME SMALL SILVER NUGGETS RECOVERED WITH GOLD.
Comment (Commodity): PUREST GOLD IN SEVENTYMILE RIVER REGION.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 29. ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF SEVENTYMILE RIVER FALLS. DEPOSIT ADJACENT TO VILLAGE AND LANDING STRIP MARKED CROOKED CREEK ON EAGLE (D-2). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Geology): SEVENTY MILE RIVER FOLLOWS TRACE OF TINTINA FAULT IN EAGLE (D-2). ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, AND SHALE. ; REG.COM: GOLD BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RECONCENTRATED FROM CONGLOMERATES.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 100-150 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (D-2), LOC. 29.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897-C, P. 191, 196-98.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 917-D, P. 254.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-29
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