The Bear Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Bear Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairhaven
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
Discovery Year: 1900
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
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Unknown: Platinum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Development): PLACER DEPOSITS STAKED IN 1901 AND MINED FOR GOLD SPORADICALLY AND ON A SMALL SCALE UNTIL AS RECENTLY AS 1986. DITCH CONSTRUCTED IN 1907. FOUR MINING PLANTS OPERATED, 1914. MINED IN 1986 BY BEEHIVE MINING CO.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD ON BEDROCK OR IN CRACKS IN UPPER SEVERAL INCHES OF BEDROCK. BEDROCK MUST BE THOROUGHLY CLEANED AS MUCH OF GOLD IS CLOSE TO BEDROCK.
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK SURFACE VERY IRREGULAR.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-389, LOC. 29, 30. PLACER GROUND ALONG BEAR CREEK BETWEEN POLAR AND CUB CREEKS. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR LANDING STRIP MARKED ON CANDLE (C-5). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): GOLD AND PLATINUM HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DIV. OF MINES AND MINERALS GEOLOGIC REPORT 12, P. 8.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 76-866, P. 7-9.
Reference (Production): BEDROCK IS MAINLY ALTERED ANDESITIC TUFFS AND LAVAS (GREENSTONE) CUT BY MORE MAFIC (BIOTITE PYROXENITE) AND ACIDIC DIKES.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-389 (C-5), LOC. 29, 30.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 692, P. 380.
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