Fortyfive Pup Placer

The Fortyfive Pup Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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