The Gilmore Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Gilmore Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gilmore Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bismuth
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): IN PLACES BENCH TO NORTH OF CREEK IS SEPERATED FROM THE VALLEY FLOOR BY A ROCK RIM. CREEK DRAINS AREA WITH LODE SCHEELITE IN CONTACT METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE AND GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS NEAR PORPHYRITIC GRANITE INTRUSIVE BODY. VALLEY FLOOR AT MOUTH IS ABOUT 1,000 FT. WIDE, NARROWING RAPIDLY UPSTREAM. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MAINLY QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST, MUCH OF IT IS CARBONACEOUS.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 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 (Location): USGS MF-410, LOC. 55. TAILINGS MARKED ON FAIRBANKS (D-1, 2). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF PLACER GROUND. JOINS PEDRO CREEK TO FORM GOLDSTREAM CREEK. 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 1905 TO AT LEAST 1975. DREDGE TAILINGS IN LOWER VALLEY.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM PLACER AND IN BENCH PLACER TO NORTH OF CREEK. GOLD, SOME INTERGROWN WITH BISMUTH, IN LOWER 2 FT. OF GRAVEL, ON BEDROCK, AND IN CRACKS IN TOP 3 TO 4 FT OF BEDROCK. ALLUVIUM 50 TO 60 FT. THICK AT MOUTH AND A FEW FEET THICK AT HEAD. MOST OF ALLUVIUM IS MUCK. BENCH TO NORTH OF CREEK MINED IN AT LEAST 3 PLACES. PAYSTREAK 30 TO 40 FT. WIDE, BUT IN PLACES IT ATTAINS A WIDTH OF 100 FT. ABUNDANT PLACER SCHEELITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 337, P. 39-40
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 284, P. 115, 118.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (D-1, 2), LOC. 55
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