Alder Creek

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

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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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