Moraine Creek

The Moraine Creek is a gold and tin mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 899 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: Moraine Creek
Secondary: Tozimoran Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Melozitna

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: I. W. Purkeypile And David Purkey
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976

Production

Year: 1929
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 400 Pounds Tin
Year: 1927
Description: 15 Yards Processed. 3 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 22 Yards Processed. 1 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Alluvial Mining
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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

Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): QUANTITY FROM FINAL WMR- MAY 1945- TOZIMORAN CR. SN PLACERS. ACQUISITION $20,000. EXPLORATION $40,000. GRADIENT. EQUIPMENT $267,000. WORKING CAPITAL $26,700.

Comment (Names): OTHER NAME:MORAINE CREEK.

Comment (Reference): CHAPMAN, R. M., FEB. 1953, TIN (USGS DMEA DOCKET NO. 2453)

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 048-055

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WAR MINERALS REPORT DRAFT 4502 p. 15

Reference (Deposit): B345c p. 46

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 40

Reference (Deposit): B836a pp. 42, 70

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 45

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 47

Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT DRAFT 4502

Reference (Deposit): RI4323

Reference (Deposit): OF51 p. 97

Reference (Deposit): C331 p. 35

Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 26

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 9037

Reference (Deposit): OF239 pp. 14-20, 22, 24-32

Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 236

Reference (Deposit): MF371

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 91

Reference (Deposit): B1374

Reference (Deposit): OF77-168D

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. B-29

Reference (Deposit): SR33 p. 24

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