The Minnehaha Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Minnehaha Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnehaha Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairhaven
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): GOOD PROSPECTS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND BY 1901.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): USGS MF 389, LOC. 17. TAILINGS MARKED ON NW CORNER OF CANDLE (D-6); 2 MILES WEST OF KIWALIK LAGOON. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF DEPOSIT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM PLACER.
Comment (Workings): 1.5 MILES OF TAILINGS MARKED ON CANDLE (D-6).
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT UNDER 50 FEET PER MILE. VERY LITTLE INFORMATION IN LITERATURE. WIDTH AND LENGTH OF TAILINGS SUGGESTS MINNEHAHA CREEK WAS MINED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-389 (D-6), LOC. 17.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 10, P. 51.
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