Thanksgiving Creek

The Thanksgiving Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 699 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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