American Creek

The American Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 348 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: American Creek
Secondary: Stephen 1-18
Secondary: Peter Charles 1-2

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska

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: Donald P. Delima
Company ID: 5000286
Percent: 10.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Louis Holdvics, Jr.
Company ID: 5000286
Percent: 90.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976

Production

Year: 1965
Description: 50 Yards Processed. 9 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1916
Description: 13,850 Yards Processed. 1781 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1969
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1968
Description: 10 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1966
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 34 Yards Processed. 14 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 23 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 19 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 77 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 69 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 23 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 99 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 66 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 25,000 Yards Processed. 399 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 23 Yards Processed. 17 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 115 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1936
Description: 178,746 Yards Processed. 4487 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 1490 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 1489 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 11,670 Yards Processed. 146 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 5,555 Yards Processed. 37 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 50,000 Yards Processed. 669 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 32,000 Yards Processed. 588 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 141 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 437 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 18,573 Yards Processed. 563 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 5,771 Yards Processed. 1864 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1969
Description: 296 Yards Processed. 18 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1968
Description: 200 Yards Processed. 42 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1966
Description: 27 Yards Processed. 8 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1926
Description: 1,110 Yards Processed. 99 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 702 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 7,114 Yards Processed. 581 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 1,495 Yards Processed. 173 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 19 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 4,537 Yards Processed. 640 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 95 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 48 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 277 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 955 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 709 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 233 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1932
Description: 7,099 Yards Processed. 492 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 270 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 5,600 Yards Processed. 207 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 4,000 Yards Processed. 117 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 92 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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 THRU 1973: 38,391 OZ AU, 5493 OZ AG (USBM FILES).

References

Reference (Deposit): MF371

Reference (Deposit): OF508 pp. 76-77

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 82

Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 52

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 57

Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B692t p. 335

Reference (Deposit): B714b p. 82

Reference (Deposit): B755c pp. 149-150

Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 14

Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 22

Reference (Deposit): B810a pp. 28, 40

Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 42, 61

Reference (Deposit): B813a pp. 32, 47

Reference (Deposit): B824a pp. 36, 52

Reference (Deposit): B836a pp. 36, 54-55

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B844D pp. 213-214

Reference (Deposit): B844Da p. 241

Reference (Deposit): B857A pp. 33, 51

Reference (Deposit): B864A pp. 39, 57

Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 41, 59

Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 51, 71

Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 52, 77

Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 50, 75

Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 47, 71

Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 43, 67

Reference (Deposit): B1058I p. 396

Reference (Deposit): B520p pp. 281, 283-284

Reference (Deposit): B535 pp. 29, 33, 35, 37

Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 220

Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 68

Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 362

Reference (Deposit): B622m pp. 239, 245

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 64

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-005

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-021

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-051

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-107

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-164

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