Spruce Creek Placer

The Spruce 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: Spruce 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

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

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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

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MINING OR PROSPECTING REPORTED IN 1934 ON NEIGHBORING WILLOW CR.; NO DATA ON PRODUCTION OR DEPOSIT; GRADE AT UPPER PART OF SPRUCE CREED: 3 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): PLACERING EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MI UPSTREAM FROM LOCATION GIVEN; MOST ACTIVE AREA IS ABOUT 2.5 MI ABOVE THE MOUTH OF THE CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): SOME GOLD WITH ATTACHED QUARTZ

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

Comment (Development): IN 1975, W. COPLEY AND ASSOCIATES PROCESSED SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CY OF MATERIAL USING BULLDOZER, FRONT END LOADER AND A SLUICE; WATER FED INTO SLUICE AT 2000 LB/SQ IN

Comment (Deposit): PAYSTREAK ABOUT 12 FT WIDE, 3 FT DEEP; GOLD IS ON OR IN TOP 2 FT OF BEDROCK

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: QUARTZITIC SCHIST, CARBONCEOUS SCHIST, GREEN SCHIST. QUARTZITIC SCHIST, GREEN SCHIST, CARBONACEOUS SCHIST, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE AND VEIN QUARTZ GRAVELS ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P. 214-215

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 868-A, P. 44

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

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 57

Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 24-78, FIG. 4.1-1 (A)

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

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