The Homestake Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Homestake Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake Creek Placer
Secondary: Platte Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Bonnifield
Land Status
Not available
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
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1968
Discovery Year: 1905
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: LOWER PART OF CREEK (HOMESTAKE SECTION) IS CHARACTERIZED BY COARSE, POORLY SORTED GRAVELS WITH ABUNDANT COBBLE AND BOULDER SIZED CLASTS, INCLUDING LARGE ANGULAR BLOCKS OF ANDESITE; UPPER PART OF CREEK (PLATLE SECTION) CONTAINS MUCH FINER STREAM DEPOSITS WITH RELATIVELY FEW BOULDER SIZED CLASTS, SOME WELL ROUNDED PEBBLES OF THE WENANA GRAVEL FORMATION ARE PRESENT ; MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST OF THE KEEVY PEAK FORMATION
Comment (Deposit): GRADIENT ABOVE CANYON(PLATTE CR.): 100 FT/MI, BELOW CANYON (HOMESTAKE CR.):200 FT/MI; PLACER MINING ALSO REPORTED ON FOX CREEK, SEE ALSO :FOX CREEK; ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Development): EXPL.COM: SMALL SCALE METHODS ONLY, SMALL "BOOMING" OPERATIONS USING AUTOMATIC DUM, AU RECOVERY HAMPERED DUE TO SHORTAGE OF WATER IN THE DRAINAGE
Comment (Deposit): AURIFEROUS GRAVELS 3 TO 6 FT DEEP CARRY GOLD IN LOWER 2 TO 3 FT AND UPPER PART OF SCHIST BEDROCK, PAYSTREAKS 25 TO 60 FT WIDE
Comment (Production): MINED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1906 TO AS RECENTLY AS 1968; TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM 1906-1916 ON HOMESTEAD CREEK AND FOX CREEK WAS ABOUT 3,870 FIEN OZ; NO DATA ON POST 1916 PRODUCTION; USGS BULL 662, P.397
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE LOWER LIMIT OF PLACERS, EXTENDING FROM UPPER END OF CANYON ABOUT 1.5 MI UPSTREAM; UPPER 3 MI OF WATERCOURSE KNOWN AS PLATTE CREEK. 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 1374, P.111
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P.388, 395-397
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 501.P. 44-46
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P.209
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