Hoosier Creek Placer

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

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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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