The Alder Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,900 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
Elevation: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 64.9806, -142.33060
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Alder Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alder Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Twin Dome Mines (Attn.-Roy Miettienen).
Company ID: 5001064
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977
Production
Year: 1966
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1965
Description: 10,151 Yards Processed. 295 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 26 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 228 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 118 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 100 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 15 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 30,000 Yards Processed. 156 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 43 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 22 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1966
Description: 242 Yards Processed. 8 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 54 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 4,444 Yards Processed. 64 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 19 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 38 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 81 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 10 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 120 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 355 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 54 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 46 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 88 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 185 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 339 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 8,000 Yards Processed. 225 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 3,000 Yards Processed. 196 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 12,000 Yards Processed. 339 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 5,185 Yards Processed. 251 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 8,800 Yards Processed. 385 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: Production Reported 47 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 6,000 Yards Processed. 155 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 47 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 60 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 33 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
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): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1966: 4,174 OZ. OF GOLD AND 631 OZ. OF SILVER (USBMAFOC FILES). ROY MIETTIENEN WORKED ALDER CR. WITH A DOZER (CARNES, 1975). VALUES ON ALDER CR. ARE IN OR NEAR THE CREEK CHANNEL. GRAVEL DEPTH AVERAGED 4 FT. NUGGETS VALUED AT $19, $8.50, AND $7 (IN 1910) WERE FOUND (B480). SOME GOLD IS ROUGH AND OTHER SPECIMENS ARE WELL WORN. THE DEPOSITS SEEM TO BE IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED (B542).
References
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 69
Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 pp. 27-31
Reference (Deposit): POWERS, J.B. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FORTYMILE MINING DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): TO 1935. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF MINES MINER. REP. MR 60-2, 1935
Reference (Deposit): 19 PP.
Reference (Deposit): ROEHM, J.C. REPORTED PLACER OPERATIONS AND MINING ACTIVITY
Reference (Deposit): IN THE EAGLE PRECINCT, ALASKA. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): INVEST. REP. IR 60-2, 1949, 2 PP.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P.S. FINENESS OF GOLD FROM ALASKAN PLACERS. U.S.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. BULL. 910-C, 1941, PP. 198-201.
Reference (Deposit): SWAINBANK, R.C., T.K. BUNDTZEN, A.H. CLOUGH, E.W. HANSEN,
Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 39
Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 14
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 23
Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 34
Reference (Deposit): B816 p. 164
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 39
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 38
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 40
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 42
Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 47
Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 55
Reference (Deposit): B897C pp. 191, 193-194
Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 57
Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 56
Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 54
Reference (Deposit): B917D pp. 249, 255
Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 50
Reference (Deposit): B1315 p. 1
Reference (Deposit): MF393
Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 37
Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 33
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-141
Reference (Deposit): AND M.G. NELSON. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1992. AK. DIV.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. NO. 47, 1993, P. 30.
Reference (Deposit): BURLEIGH, R.E., AND K.G. LEAR. COMPLIALTION OF DATA FOR
Reference (Deposit): PHASE 1 OF THE MINERAL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF THE BUREAU OF
Reference (Deposit): LAND MANAGEMENT BLACK RIVER AND FORTYMILE RIVER SUBUNITS.
Reference (Deposit): BUMINES OFR 48-94, 1994, 116 PP.
Reference (Deposit): WGM INC. STAFF. 1976 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, DOYON PROJECT,
Reference (Deposit): VOLUME 1A, BLOCKS 1,4,5,7,8. DOYON LTD., FAIRBANKS, AK.
Reference (Deposit): REP. NO. 77-02A, 1977.
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-157
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-309
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-310
Reference (Deposit): B480j p. 172
Reference (Deposit): B520l p. 217
Reference (Deposit): B538 p. 79
Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 219
Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 56
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-070
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-075
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-139
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