The Olive Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Olive Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Olive Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Tolovana
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: 1914
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: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Picotite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Zircon
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT IS ABOUT 200 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): CREEK DRAINS SE FLANK OF MONEY DOME. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS LARGELY SLATY SHALE AND SANDSTONE; CHERT, ARGILLITE, AND SERPENTINITE NEAR HEAD; INTRUDED BY NOW HIGHLY ALTERED FELSIC ROCKS. ; REG.COM: SOURSE OF GOLD AND HEAVY MINERALS IS MONEY DOME GRANITIC INTRUSIVE TO NORTH.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 72. TAILINGS MARKED ALONG OLIVE CREEK IN THE EXTREME NE CORNER OF LIVENGOOD (B-4). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO TAILINGS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): OLIVE CR. WAS A MAJOR PLACER-GOLD PRODUCER 1914-63; PROBABLY A LITTLE PRODUCTION 1964-77. MOST OF MINING BY OPEN-CUT HYDRAULIC METHODS. MINING IN 1975 BY NON-FLOAT METHODS AND BULLDOZER.
Comment (Deposit): FINE GOLD IN LOWER 7-15 FEET OF GRAVEL; A LITTLE COARSE GOLD ON SANDSTONE BEDROCK. GOLD IN STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS. ON DISCOVERY CLAIM FINE GOLD IS IN LOWER 7 FT. OF 10 FT. OF ANGULAR SLIDE GRAVEL ON SANDSTONE BEDROCK; PAYSTREAK KNOWN TO BE 300 FEET WIDE. ON CLAIM NO. 2 BELOW DISCOVERY 14 FT. OF GRAVEL ABOVE CLAY FALSE BEDROCK IS AURIFEROUS; PAYSTREAK AT LEAST 350 FT. WIDE. SOME GOLD ON SANDSTONE BEDROCK AND SOME ON FALSE BEDROCK 80 FT. ABOVE TRUE BEDROCK.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (B-4), LOC. 72
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 662, P. 271-272
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 712, P. 182-183
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