Illinois Creek

The Illinois Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 459 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Illinois Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
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: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Dakota Mining Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1997 -

Owner Name: USMX, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1994 - 1997

Production

Year: 1997
Description: Ore Production (To Pad) @ 1.886 G/Mt Au 1360777 Mt Ore
Year: 1997
Description: Estimated Gold Production 65000 T Oz/Yr

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1996
Discovery Year: 1994
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): COMMENCEMENT OF GOLD PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SPRING 1997. THE COMPANY FORECASTS GOLD PRODUCTION APPROACHING 65,000 EQUIVALENT OUNCES AU. PROVEN + PROBABLE MINABLE ORE RESERVES AS OF, JULY 1997.

Comment (Production): FIRST GOLD POUR JULY 2 1997.

Comment (Ownership): USMX MERGERED INTO DAKOTA MINING, AGREEMENT SINGED IN FEB 97.

References

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #39, SEPT., 25, 1996, P1.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #44, OCT., 30, 1996, P1.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORM, VOL., 107, #49, DEC., 4, 1996, P17.

Reference (Deposit): PR NEWSWIRE, OCT., 24, 1996, USMX.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V107 N8, 2-21-96, P.9.

Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA MINING CORPORATION, 1996 FORM 10-K (A), P27.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, #697, JULY 1997, P15.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): USMX 1995 FORM 10-K/A, P9.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, V86, #27, JULY 5, 1997, P13.

Reference (Deposit): USMX NEWS RELEASE, 8-2-94.

Reference (Deposit): P70 p. 184

Reference (Deposit): USMX NEWS RELEASE, 10-27-94.

Reference (Deposit): B520p p. 281

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V106 N7, 2-15-95, P.5.

Reference (Deposit): B535 p. 34

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, V47 N4, 4-95, 319.

Reference (Deposit): OF239 p. 16

Reference (Deposit): GOLD STOCK ANALYST, 10-96, P.17.

Reference (Deposit): MF396

Reference (Deposit): OF75-627 p. 24

Reference (Deposit): USMX NEWS RELEASE, 1-2-96, 2-9, 2-28, 5-14, 7-15, 9-17,

Reference (Deposit): 10-22, 10-31, 11-14-96.

Reference (Deposit): USMX, INC. 1995 FORM 10-K/A. PP.7-10.

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 047-010

Reference (Reserve-Resource): USMX 1994 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 8.

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