Friday Creek Placers

The Friday Creek Placers is a gold and silver 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: Friday Creek Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony

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

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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

Analytical Data: GALENA SEVERAL IW IN DIAMETER ASSAYED: 184.76 OZ AG AND 0.20 OZ AU/TON, USGS BULL 314, P. 217

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Galena

Comments

Comment (Commodity): SOME NUGGETS HAVE ATTACHED QUARTZ; SOME AU EXHIBITS CRYSTAL FACES

Comment (Production): MINED IN 1975; TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 1000 OZ AU

Comment (Development): GROUND SLUICING; IN 1975, J. FUKSA RECOVERED SEVERAL OUNCES OF COARSE GOLD BELOW AN AUTOMATIC DAM CONSTRUCTED 3/4 MI ABOVE THE MOUTH OF THE CREEK

Comment (Deposit): PAY GRAVELS 3 TO 6 FT THICK RESTRICTED BY VALLEY WALLS TO AS NARROW AS 12 FT; AVE. WIDTH: 15 TO 20 FT; PARTIALLY BURIED IN SPOTS BY FROZEN SLIDE MATERIAL; ALLUVIAL FAN REPORTED AURIFEROUS

Comment (Geology): BOULDERS AND SLABS OF SCHIST ARE ABUNDANT; BEST RETURNS FROM HARD SCHIST BEDROCK; AU IN TOP 1.5 TO 2 FT OF BEDROCK AND IN LOWER 1.5 TO 2 FT OF GRAVEL ; MAJOR.UNITS: QUARTZITIC AND CARBONACEOUS SCHIST, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE, GREENSTONE, GRANITE PORPHYRY ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA HILLS LODE DEPOSITS

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADE: 400 FT/MI ; 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 (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27

Comment (Location): PLACERED AREA EXTENDS ABOUT 2 MI UP STREAM FROM POINT GIVEN (AT MOUTH) 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 BULL 314, P. 30, 217

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 687, P. 87-88

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 755, P. 141-142

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

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 8-9, 13-14

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 50

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27

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