The Hunter Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Hunter Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hunter Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1896
Discovery Year: 1896
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
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE ASSAY INDICATED A FINENESS OF 919 AU. GRADE: 2.6 GLM3.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Picotite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Cassiterite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): MUCK OVERBURDEN FROZEN
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS IN THE BASAL PART OF GRAVEL AND THE TOP 1.5 FT. OF FRACTURED BEDROCK. GRAVEL 2-12 FEET THICK OVERLAIN BY UP TO 40 FEET OF MUCK. MOST OF GOLD HAS COME FROM TERRACE GRAVEL ON A SOUTH BENCH 15-20 FT. ABOVE CREEK.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 51, 52. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR PLACER MINE MARKED ON TANANA (B-1). MOST CONCENTRATE SAMPLES AND MUCH OF MINING IN PART OF CREEK IN LIVENGOOD QUAD. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINED FROM 1896 TO AT LEAST 1975 BY HYDRAULIC PLANTS AND DRIFTING. MINED BY HYDRAULIC METHODS IN 1975.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FT. PER MILE. DISCOVERY CLAIM ABOUT 8,000 FT. ABOVE MOUTH. PROSPECTORS HAVE FOUND GOLD THROUGHOUT ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK. DESCRIPTION IS FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF HUNTER CR. IN TANANA QUAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): STREAM CUTS THROUGH BENCHES EAST OF MINOOK CR. AND INTO FRACTURED GREENSTONE OF PERMIAN-TRIASSIC RAMPART GROUP IN A NARROW V-SHAPED VALLEY WITH LOW GRAVEL BENCHES. OVERBURDEN THICKENS AWAY FROM CREEK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MAINLY FRACTURED GREENSTONE AND DIABASE. BEDROCK SURFACE UNEVEN AND CUT BY QUARTZ. CALCITE VEINS IN PLACES. BEDROCK NEAR MOUTH IS DECOMPOSED TUFF AND POORLY CONSOLIDATED SHALE AND SANDSTONE. BEDROCK NEAR HEAD (IN LIVENGOOD QUAD) IS SLATE AND QUARTZITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (B-1), LOC. 51, 52.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 844-D, P. 177-181
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 337, P. 72-75
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 85-213, P. 31
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