The Cape Creek Placer Mine is a tin mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 200 feet.
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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
Elevation: 200 Feet (61 Meters)
Commodity: Tin
Lat, Long: 65.58611, -167.96667
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Cape Creek Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cape Creek Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): POTENTIAL AMOUNT OF GOLD RESERVES AND RESOURCES UNKNOWN
Comment (Production): TOTAL ORE PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN. TIN PRODUCTION WAS MORE THAN 200 TONS. AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN. PRODUCTION YEARS 1941 - 1950, 1968 - 1971
References
Reference (Deposit): MULLIGAN, J., 1965, USBM REPT INF
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