Hunter Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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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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