Homestake Creek Placer

The Homestake Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Homestake Creek Placer
Secondary: Platte Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bonnifield

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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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

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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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