The Bob Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 551 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: 551 Feet (168 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.5417, -161.06030
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Bob Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bob Creek
Secondary: Bear Creek
Secondary: Split Creek'
Secondary: Cub Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: PGE
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairhaven
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: Circle Construction Co.
Company ID: 5001437
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1983
Owner Name: L. And B Mining
Company ID: 5001437
Info Year: 1983
Owner Name: D. B. Parent
Company ID: 5001437
Info Year: 1985
Production
Year: 1951
Description: 27 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 267 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 19 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 640 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 291 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 48 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1924
Description: 338 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 10 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Platinum
Year: 1921
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Platinum
Year: 1920
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Platinum
Year: 1919
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 127 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 88 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1916
Description: 28,000 Yards Processed. 862 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 8,500 Yards Processed. 453 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 20,800 Yards Processed. 835 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 15,000 Yards Processed. 594 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 14,200 Yards Processed. 364 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 411 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: Production Reported 678 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 22 Yards Processed. 20 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 23,745 Yards Processed. 1136 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 25,833 Yards Processed. 787 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 13,333 Yards Processed. 187 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 2,500 Yards Processed. 16 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 8,000 Yards Processed. 178 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 109 Troy Ounces Silver
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 (Deposit): USGS CRIB A000443 USGS CRIB A000444 MSHA ID 5001437 MINING WITH A 6 CU YD (170 L) BUCKETLINE DREDGE LEASED FROM ALASKA GOLD CO. DURING 1993 (SR 48) BY TIAGA MINING CO.
References
Reference (Deposit): B692y pp. 380, 392-394
Reference (Deposit): B712a pp. 23, 52
Reference (Deposit): B712h pp. 189, 196
Reference (Deposit): B714a p. 38
Reference (Deposit): B714b p. 71
Reference (Deposit): B714k p. 236
Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 13
Reference (Deposit): B739g p. 158
Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 30
Reference (Deposit): B666P p. 96
Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 17
Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 34
Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 40
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 47
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 47
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 44
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 045-079
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 045-081
Reference (Deposit): B225 pp. 78-79
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 045-009A
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 045-035A
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 045-069A
Reference (Deposit): B247 pp. 63-64
Reference (Deposit): B345m p. 226
Reference (Deposit): B379r p. 369
Reference (Deposit): B442r pp. 344
Reference (Deposit): B449 pp. 125-126
Reference (Deposit): B622r pp. 371-372
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 28
Reference (Deposit): B662b pp. 21, 24
Reference (Deposit): B662q pp. 455, 458
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 49
Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 51
Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 62-63
Reference (Deposit): TDM5R p. 39
Reference (Deposit): C250 pp. 3, 22
Reference (Deposit): I287
Reference (Deposit): GR12 pp. 8, 12-13
Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 115
Reference (Deposit): C614 pp. 14, 16
Reference (Deposit): MF389
Reference (Deposit): OF508 pp. 40, 42-43
Reference (Deposit): OF76-866 pp. 7-9
Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1983
Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1985 No. 081, 237
Reference (Deposit): SR39 p. 24
Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,
Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1994. AK DIV.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 27.
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