The Slate Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 801 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: 801 Feet (244 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.3667, -150.14580
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Slate Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Slate Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: John And Anna Shilling
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Anderson, William
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977
Production
Year: 1919
Description: Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 400 Yards Processed. 46 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 39 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1907
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1907
Description: 67 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 400 Yards Processed. 30 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 133 Yards Processed. 26 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 559 Yards Processed. 44 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 10 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 9 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 26 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1933
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 10 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
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 1960: 840 OZ. OF GOLD AND 78 OZ. OF SILVER (USBM AFOC FILES).
References
Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 pp. 82-85
Reference (Deposit): SR38 pp. 10, 25
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-001
Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 57
Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 56
Reference (Deposit): OF239 p. 16
Reference (Deposit): B379b p. 55
Reference (Deposit): B442n p. 241
Reference (Deposit): B480j p. 167
Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 222
Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 362
Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 64
Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 64
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 53
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 23
Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 40
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 42
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B844D pp. 165, 187-188
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 39
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 43
Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 44
Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 47
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-142
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-147
Reference (Deposit): B213 p. 55
Reference (Deposit): B259j p. 114
Reference (Deposit): B280 pp. 27, 38, 48, 50
Reference (Deposit): B337 pp. 65, 81-82, 96-98
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-105
Reference (Deposit): GC11 p. 5
Reference (Deposit): MF371
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-116
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