The Fortyfive Pup Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Fortyfive Pup Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fortyfive Pup Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fortymile
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hanks, G.A. And Sons, Chicken, Ak. 99732, (By Dozer); Hammond, Russell, 1305 W. 26th Ave. Anchorage,
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
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
Analytical Data: GOLD IS .620 FINE, 25% LOWER THAN OTHER GOLD IN DISTRICT. SEE REF. 3, P. 185.
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM GRAVEL. OVERBURDEN 12-16 FT. THICK. PLACER SCHEELITE RELATIVELY ABUNDANT.
Comment (Geology): TRIBUTARY OF BUCKSKIN CREEK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SCHIST WITH NUMEROUS BEDS OF LIMESTONE; MANY AREAS UNDERLAIN BY GRANITE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT. PER MILE. ; 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 (Development): PAY GRAVEL FOUND AND MINING BEGAN, 1910. A PROSPECTOR CLAIMED TO HAVE 5 MILES OF DREDGING GROUND ON FORTYFIVE PUP IN 1936. SMALL SCALE MINING AS RECENTLY AS 1975 BY BULLDOZER AND SLUICING.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 47. ABOUT 2 MILES UPSTREAM (ALONG FORTYFIVE PUP) FROM CONFLUENCE WITH BUCKSKIN CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CABIN MARKED ON EAGLE (A-3). 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 MF-393 (A-3), LOC. 47.
Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DEPT OF MINES PAMPHLET 2, P. 19-20, 28, 1943.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897-C, P. 185.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-47
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