Bob Creek

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

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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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