The Glenn Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Glenn Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glenn Creek Placers
Secondary: Glen Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gemstone
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
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
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAXIMUM VALUE EQUIVALENT TO 0.03 OZ FINE AU/BEDROCK FOOT (GOLD AT 20.67/FINE OZ), USGS BULL 314
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Rhodonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS SITE OF MOST RECENT MINING ACTIVITY; AT THE JUNCTION OF THE E AND W FORKS OF GLENN CREEK 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 1900'S; SINCE 1970, KANTISHNA PLACERS HAVE PRODUCED 3000 TO 500 OZ AU ANNUALLY, ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 25
Comment (Development): OLDER METHODS USED INCLUDED AUTOMATIC DAMS AND GROUND SLUICING; IN 1975, PAUL AND ERIC WIELER PROCESSED 20 TO 50 CY OF MATERIAL DAILY USING A BULLDOZER AND 2 1/2 BY 35 FT SLUICE, SEVERAL 1 OZ NUGGETS RECOVERED
Comment (Commodity): CASSITERITE CRYSTALS SEEN BY F.G. WELLS (USGS) SAID TO HAVE COME FROM GLEN CREEK
Comment (Deposit): PAY GRAVELS RANGE FROM 30 TO 150 FT IN WIDTH, AND FROM A FEW IN TO 3 FT IN THICKNESS; GOLD IS FOUND CONCENTRATED AT OR NEAR TOP OF BEDROCK, MAY ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH GRAVEL IN SOME PLACES
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: DEPOSIT CONTAINS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF BOULDERS AND LARGE SLABS OF SCHIST BEDROCK WHICH CAN HAMPER MINING OPERATIONS ; MAJOR.UNITS: QUARTZITE AND MICA SCHIST ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO SPRUCE CREEK ; 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P. 215
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 687, P. 83-85
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, AK, IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, AK, P. 116
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 755, P. 41-42, 141-142
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-F, P. 353, 355-356, 372
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. 56
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27
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