The Hoosier Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Hoosier Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hoosier Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: .42 GLM3 AU, .024 GLM3 AG.
Analytical Data: ONE ASSAY INDICATED FINENESS .941 1/2 AU AND .053 AG
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Picotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-371 LOC. 48. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR DISCOVERY CLAIM NEAR MOUTH OF CREEK. PLACER GROUND CONTINUES UPSTREAM FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MI. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINED BY DRIFTING AND HYDRAULIC METHODS IN MOST YEARS FROM DISCOVERY UNTIL AS RECENTLY AS 1952.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD MOSTLY ON BEDROCK. POORLY DEFINED SHALLOW PAY STREAK 100-150 FT WIDE. GRAVEL AND MUCK OVERBURDEN 6-15 FT. THICK. UPPER PART OF VALLEY UNPRODUCTIVE.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN DISSEMINATED PYRITE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAINLY GREENSTONE AND DIABASE CONTAINING QUARTZ VEINS AS MUCH AS 18 IN. THICK. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD THOUGHT TO BE QUARTZ VEINS IN PERMIAN TO TRIASSIC GREENSTONE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. PER MILE. THERE IS ADEQUATE WATER FOR HYDRAULIC MINING, BUT THE GRADE OF THE CREEK IS TOO LOW FOR SLUICE BOXES. BEST PAY CLAIM 1400 FT. ABOVE DISCOVER CLAIM ; 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-371 (B-1), LOC. 47.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 844-D, P. 165, 186-87, 234
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 337, P. 65, 79, 98
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 85-213, P. 30-31.
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