Woodchopper Creek

The Woodchopper Creek is a tin, tin, tailings, gold, niobium (columbium), silver, and tantalum mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 600 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

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Site Name

Primary: Woodchopper Creek
Secondary: Tofty Gulch
Secondary: Cache Creek
Secondary: Tofty Tin Belt
Secondary: Deep Creek
Secondary: Miller Gulch
Secondary: Idaho Gulch
Secondary: Sullivan Creek
Secondary: Patterson Creek
Secondary: Dalton Gulch
Secondary: Hokeley Gulch

Commodity

Primary: Tin
Primary: Tin, Tailings
Primary: Gold
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: Silver
Primary: Tantalum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hot Springs District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Hanson, Robert L.
Company ID: 5000299
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Jack Neubauer
Company ID: 5000299
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1981

Production

Year: 1980
Description: Produced During Period 1972-1980. 102000 Pounds Tin
Year: 1924
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 1,111 Yards Processed. 78 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 62 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 33 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: Produced During Period 1972-1980 7 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: Cassiterite Averaged 60% Sn. 95 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: Cassiterite Averaged 60% Sn. 280600 Pounds Tin
Year: 1920
Description: 1,533 Yards Processed. 605 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 259 Yards Processed. 378 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: Production Reported 1 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1906
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

Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sphene
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Anatase
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Hypersthene
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Apatite
Unknown: Augite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Brookite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Picotite

Comments

Comment (Reference): BUNDTZEN, T.K., 1981, PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS

Comment (Ownership): OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: CASSITERITE PLACERS, INC. JACK NEUBAUER MANLEY HOT SPRINGS, ALASKA 99501

Comment (Reserve-Resource): R1=M1C1 RESERVE REC 1 EQUALS MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1. AU ASSAY REFLECTS TAILING VALUE ONLY. Q2C1=N/CUM MATRIX 2 COLUMN 1 IS NON-CUMULATIVE. MATRIX REFLECTS IN-PLACE PLACER GRAVELS. Q3C1=N/CUM MATRIX 3 COLUMN 1 IS NON-CUMULATIVE. MATRIX REFLECTS TAILINGS RESERVES. Q4C1=Q3C1+Q2C1. ASSAY VALUES CALCULATED BY PROPORTIONS.

Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB A003572 USGS CRIB W000017

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-075

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-076

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-077

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-078

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-079

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-127

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-133

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RI5373 p. 55

Reference (Reserve-Resource): B1058I p. 412

Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT467

Reference (Deposit): RI5373

Reference (Deposit): B1058I

Reference (Deposit): B1374

Reference (Deposit): OF77-168D

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 81, No. 72

Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 p. 31

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. B-30

Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 26

Reference (Deposit): RI5373 p. 7

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-003

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-007

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-009

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-010

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-013

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-019

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-038

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-039

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-071

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-073

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-074

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