Olive Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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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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