Myrtle Creek Placer

The Myrtle 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: Myrtle Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Mitch Fleming
Home Office: General Delivery, 'Wiseman, Ak.
Years: 1984 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1899
Discovery Year: 1899
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

Analytical Data: ONE EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE NUGGET (23 OZ) FOUND IN 1940
Analytical Data: NUGGETS UP TO 1 OZ

Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): SAME AS MYRTLE CR. (CHANDALAR QUAD.); ONE OF THE MAJOR PRODUCERS OF THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS CONFLUENCE OF SLATE CR. AND MYRTLE CREEK; MINING ON MYRTLE CR. FOR 6 MI UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Workings): DRIFT MINING AND SMALL-SCALE HAND METHODS PRIOR TO 1909; HYDRAULICMINING, MAINLY ON BENCHES AFTER 1909; LARGEST OPERATION USED A DRAGLINE AND BULLDOZERS (AS RECENTLY AS 1953)

Comment (Development): INTERMITTENTLY MINED SINCE 1899; MITCH FLEMING REPORTED TO HAVE "TRENCHED TO TEST HIS GROUND" ON MYRTLE AND SLATE CREEKS IN 1984

Comment (Geology): LOWER PART OF MYRTLE CREEK CUTS INTO BENCH GRAVELS OF SLATE CREEK ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST CUT BY AT LEAST ONE GREENSTONE DIKE

Comment (Deposit): CREEK GRAVELS 2-4 FT DEEP, 100-300 FT WIDE; AU ON AND IN CREVICES IN SCHIST BEDROCK; BENCHES 10-30 FT THICK ALSO MINED

Comment (Production): NO DATA ON TOTAL PRODUCTION; BETWEEN 1900-1909 PRODUCTION WAS VALUED AT $182,000.00 [EQUIVALENT TO 8,805 FINE OZ AU ASSUMING PRICE OF AU AT 20.67/FINE OZ]

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 532, P. 69, 86-89

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 933-A, P. 47

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8626, P. 6

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 158, 160

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SR 38, P. 7

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-469-51

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