Crooked Creek Placer

The Crooked 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: Crooked Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kantishna

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MINING ALSO REPORTED ON NEARBY MARTEN CREEK; NO INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT ; 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 (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS THE CENTER OF A PLACERED AREA THAT EXTENDS ABOUT 3000 FT UP AND DOWN STREAM; A SECOND PLACERED AREA BEGINS 1 1/4 MI UPSTREAM FROM THIS POINT AND EXTENDS ANOTHER 1/2 MI UPSTREAM LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1926; TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 1000 OZ AU

Comment (Development): SMALL-SCALE MINING

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 910-A, P. 58

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 154

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 8, 13

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-168B, P. 37

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 58

Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-32, 4-45, FIG 4.1-A(2)

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 25

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