Lynx Creek Placer

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

About the MRDS Data:

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: Lynx Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IN UPPER PART OF VALLEY IS MICA SCHIST; GRANITE GNEISS FARTHER DOWNSTREAM. BEDROCK DECOMPOSED AND CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS. ; REG.COM: GOLD DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 300-500 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.

Comment (Development): SMALL-SCALE MINING 1912-40 OR LATER; WORKED BY GROUND SLUICING OVERBURDEN AND SHOVELING IN.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD AT BASE OF THIN VENEER OF GRAVEL, ON BEDROCK, AND CREVICES IN UPPER PART OF RIFFLED BEDROCK; 1-2 FT. OF DECOMPOSED BEDROCK TAKEN UP IN MINING.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-448, LOC. 15. PLACER GROUND THOUGHT TO BE IN MID SECTION OF CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-448 (D-2), LOC. 15.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 75-267, P. 37.

Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DIV. OF MINES GR 37, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DIV. OF MINES GR 39, P. 57.

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