Mastodon Creek

The Mastodon Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,749 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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Mastodon Creek
Secondary: Baker Gulch
Secondary: Fortytwo Gulch
Secondary: Fortytwo Pup
Secondary: Berry Dredging Co.
Secondary: J. M. Elmer
Secondary: A. P. Clark
Secondary: Mastodon Mining Co.
Secondary: August Erickson
Secondary: Berry and Lamb

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Thomas Mckee
Company ID: 5001140
Percent: 9.00
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Paul Mitchell
Company ID: 5001140
Percent: 6.00
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Emery Friend And John Green
Company ID: 5001140
Percent: 38.00
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: John Green
Company ID: 5001140
Percent: 19.00
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: John A. Anderson
Company ID: 5001140
Percent: 19.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Walter E. Roman And Fred Wilkinson
Company ID: 5001140
Percent: 9.00
Info Year: 1976

Production

Year: 1906
Description: 1279 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 79,693 Yards Processed. 2044 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 20,900 Yards Processed. 2096 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 13,300 Yards Processed. 3213 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 153,070 Yards Processed. 2412 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 812 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1923
Description: 280,992 Yards Processed. 4562 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 610 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1922
Description: 201,799 Yards Processed. 4147 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 651 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1921
Description: 179,532 Yards Processed. 3150 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 15,540 Yards Processed. 475 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 697 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 111,508 Yards Processed. 3747 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 208,224 Yards Processed. 2811 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 316 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 592 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1928
Description: 293 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 68 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 37,000 Yards Processed. 475 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 123 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1957
Description: 281 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 242 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 389 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 586 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 195 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 38 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 50 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 133 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 1148 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 2139 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 1027 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 518 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1931
Description: 20,000 Yards Processed. 592 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 539 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 6,666 Yards Processed. 297 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 17,780 Yards Processed. 336 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 94 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 58,000 Yards Processed. 594 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1957
Description: 77,200 Yards Processed. 1311 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 31,000 Yards Processed. 970 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 160,162 Yards Processed. 1907 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 50,000 Yards Processed. 2719 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 40 Yards Processed. 881 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 385 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 66,666 Yards Processed. 1776 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 23,310 Yards Processed. 473 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 18,000 Yards Processed. 350 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 18,444 Yards Processed. 2317 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 11,250 Yards Processed. 3214 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 156 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 176 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 300 Yards Processed. 23 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 4,000 Yards Processed. 334 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 220 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 68 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1927
Description: 38,385 Yards Processed. 1619 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 21,314 Yards Processed. 5073 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 2281 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 473 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1926
Description: 1714 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
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): J. GREEN WORKED UPPER MASTODON CREEK IN 1975 (CARNES, 1975). PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1963: 148,876 OZ AU, 25,354 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES).

References

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 41

Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 32

Reference (Deposit): C348 p. 11

Reference (Deposit): GC5 p. 3

Reference (Deposit): GC13 p. 28

Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 25

Reference (Deposit): MF391

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 66

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 22

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-006D

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-008A

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-008B

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-022

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-040

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-057

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-058

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-101

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-142

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-234

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-235

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-287

Reference (Deposit): B225 p. 57

Reference (Deposit): B251 pp. 59, 62-63

Reference (Deposit): B259b p. 29

Reference (Deposit): B263 pp. 14, 42, 208

Reference (Deposit): B284l p. 126

Reference (Deposit): B295 p. 22

Reference (Deposit): B314n pp. 188, 191, 194

Reference (Deposit): B345c p. 50

Reference (Deposit): B379b p. 54

Reference (Deposit): B442n p. 235

Reference (Deposit): B480j p. 161

Reference (Deposit): B520n pp. 244-245

Reference (Deposit): B538 p. 63

Reference (Deposit): B542i pp. 181-182

Reference (Deposit): B542j pp. 210-211

Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 68

Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 360

Reference (Deposit): OF76-633 pp. 43-45

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 50

Reference (Deposit): B897C pp. 206-208, 210-218

Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 49

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 48

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 44

Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 27

Reference (Deposit): B783a pp. 14, 18

Reference (Deposit): B792a pp. 18, 25

Reference (Deposit): B797a pp. 21, 30

Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 28

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 31

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 36

Reference (Deposit): B824d pp. 165-168

Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 35

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 43

Reference (Deposit): B622c pp. 60-61

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 63

Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 25

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 56

Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 45

Reference (Deposit): B714b p. 87

Reference (Deposit): B739a pp. 9, 32

Reference (Deposit): B755a pp. 14, 38

The Top Ten Gold Producing States

These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.