Dome Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dome Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 84, 85. TAILINGS MARKED ALONG DOME CR. ON LIVENGOOD (A-2), COORDINATES GIVEN FOR DOME CAMP LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): DRIFT MINING FROM 1905 TO 1941; DREDGING FROM 1955 TO 1959. ESSENTIALLY INACTIVE SINCE 1960.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD CONCENTRATED IN UPPER 2 MILES OF COURSE AND WITHIN 2 MILES OF MOUTH; IN THE INTERVENING 2-3 MILES GOLD CONTENT IS VERY LOW OR ABSENT. GROUND IS 30-200 FT. DEEP; PAY STREAK WAS 130-165 FT. WIDE AND ABOUT 5 FT. THICK.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 75 FT. PER MILE. LOCATION DESCRIPTION FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Geology): BEDROCK SURFACE UNEVEN. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST. ; REG.COM: THE GOLD IN THE UPPER VALLEY APPARENTLY WAS DERIVED FROM LODE SOURCES NEAR THE PEDRO DOME PLUTON; GOLD NEAR MOUTH MAY BE RELATED TO PLACER DEPOSITS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHATANIKA RIVER.

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-413 (A-2), LOC. 84, 85

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 525, P. 100-101

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 337, P. 43

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