Bear Creek

The Bear Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Bear Creek

State: Alaska

County: na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 65.55, -161.06667

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Bear Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bear Creek
Secondary: Douglass and Edwards: Douglass and Milligrock: Hoxie
Secondary: Tendness and Barr: Porter: Wright

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Osmium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Platinum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairhaven District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): MOFFIT, 1904, P. 78-79 (B225)

Reference (Deposit): MOFFIT, 1905A, P. 63-64 (B247)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1908, P. 226 (B345)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1918, P. 21, 24 (B662)

Reference (Deposit): 5) MERTIE, 1918D, P. 455, 458 (B662)

Reference (Deposit): 6) BROOKS, 1919, P. 96 (B666)

Reference (Deposit): 7) MARTIN, 1919, P. 41 (B692)

Reference (Deposit): 8) HARRINGTON, 1919C, P. 380, 392-394 (B692)

Reference (Deposit): 9) MARTIN, 1920, P. 23, 52 (B712)

Reference (Deposit): 10) CATHCART, 1920, P. 189, 196 (B712)

Reference (Deposit): 11) BROOKS, 1921, P. 38 (B714)

Reference (Deposit): 12) BROOKS AND MARTIN, 1921, P. 71 (B714)

Reference (Deposit): 26) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 62-63 (B897-A)

Reference (Deposit): 27) ANDERSON, ESKIL, 1947, P. 39 (TDM5-R)

Reference (Deposit): 28) GAULT AND OTHERS, 1953, P. 3, 22 (C250)

Reference (Deposit): 29) CASS, 1959B, (I-287)

Reference (Deposit): 30) HERREID, 1965C, P. 8, 12-13 (GR12)

Reference (Deposit): 31) BERG AND COBB, 1967, P. 115 (B1246)

Reference (Deposit): 32) MILLER, T. P., AND ELLIOTT, 1969, P. 14, 16 (C614)

Reference (Deposit): 33) COBB, 1972, P. 40, 42-43 (OF508)

Reference (Deposit): 34) COBB, 1972 (MF389)

Reference (Deposit): 21) SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 47 (B836)

Reference (Deposit): 22) SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 47 (B844-A)

Reference (Deposit): 23) SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 44 (B857-A)

Reference (Deposit): 24) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 49 (B864-A)

Reference (Deposit): 25) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 51 (B868-A)

Reference (Deposit): 13) HARRINGTON, 1921B, P. 236 (B714)

Reference (Deposit): 14) BROOKS, 1923, P. 13 (B739)

Reference (Deposit): 15) MERTIE, 1923, P. 158 (B739)

Reference (Deposit): 16) BROOKS, 1925, P. 30 (B773)

Reference (Deposit): 17) SMITH, P. S., 1926,P. 17 (B783)

Reference (Deposit): 18) SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 34 (B810)

Reference (Deposit): 19) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 40 (B813)

Reference (Deposit): 20) SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 45 (B824)

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