Glenn Creek Placers

The Glenn Creek Placers 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: 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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