The Thanksgiving Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 699 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: 699 Feet (213 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.1764, -150.39440
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Thanksgiving Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thanksgiving Creek
Secondary: Thanksgiving Ditch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Antony Lanning
Company ID: 5000291
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977
Production
Year: 1954
Description: 32 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 22 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1969
Description: 17 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1969
Description: 4,444 Yards Processed. 246 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 17 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 28 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 24 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 15 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1957
Description: 29 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 22 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1961
Description: 3,740 Yards Processed. 68 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 2,222 Yards Processed. 112 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 14,800 Yards Processed. 93 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 7,400 Yards Processed. 58 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1957
Description: 11,850 Yards Processed. 116 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 11,100 Yards Processed. 86 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 222 Yards Processed. 14 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 131 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): 4 TO 9 FT OF GRAVEL OVER BEDROCK CONSISTS OF FRAGMENTS OF QUARTZITE, SCHISTOSE GRIT, VIEN QUARTZ, SLATE, AND SOME INTRUSIVES (B259).
References
Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,
Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): B259j pp. 115, 118-119
Reference (Deposit): B263 pp. 53, 208
Reference (Deposit): B280 pp. 38-39, 45-46, 48-50
Reference (Deposit): B337 pp. 82-83, 92-93, 97-98
Reference (Deposit): B345c p. 49
Reference (Deposit): B374 p. 56
Reference (Deposit): B442n p. 242
Reference (Deposit): B480j p. 166
Reference (Deposit): P70 p. 183
Reference (Deposit): B520p p. 283
Reference (Deposit): B535 p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 221
Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 362
Reference (Deposit): B622m p. 242
Reference (Deposit): B692t p. 334
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 36
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 37
Reference (Deposit): B844D pp. 204-205
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-027
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 33
Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 51
Reference (Deposit): MF371
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 76
Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 pp. 82-85
Reference (Deposit): SR38 pp. 10, 25
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