Ketchem Creek

The Ketchem Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,201 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Ketchem Creek
Secondary: 4 Ketchum Creek
Secondary: Discovery
Secondary: Holdem Creek
Secondary: 5 Below Left Bench
Secondary: 4-#5 Below Left Bench
Secondary: 4 Below Discovery
Secondary: 3 Ketchum Creek
Secondary: 1 Below Discovery
Secondary: 5-#7 Below

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Joseph Vogler
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Greenhorn Mining
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1993

Production

Year: 1948
Description: 65 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 62 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 50 Yards Processed. 4 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 252 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 9 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 33 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
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 (Production): USGS CRIB A000618, USGS CRIB D002686. PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1957: 497 OZ AU, 122 AG (USBM AFOC FILES). VOGLER MINING ON KETCHEM CREEK IN 1975 (CARNES, 1975).

References

Reference (Deposit): B897C pp. 248-250

Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 49

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 48

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 44

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 41

Reference (Deposit): C335 p. 5

Reference (Deposit): MF391

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 66

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 23

Reference (Deposit): OF76-633 pp. 32, 38

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. 30.

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-067

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 35

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 43

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 50

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-029

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