The Cripple Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,201 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
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 60.7528, -159.57500
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Cripple Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cripple Creek
Secondary: Maydome
Secondary: Nos. 1-6 Below Maydome
Secondary: Nos. 3, 5, 7, 9-11, 13, 15
Secondary: Jumbo
Secondary: Discovery
Secondary: Nos. 2-4 Above Discovery
Secondary: Bench Claim
Secondary: Lucky Shot
Secondary: 1-9 Below
Secondary: Wedge
Secondary: Nos. 1-9 Above Maydome
Secondary: Abandonment Bench Claims
Secondary: Hydraulic and Prospect Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Russel Awe
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Edward R. Thomas
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Chas Awe Jr.
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: House, Wayne
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Bloomquist, John
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Andrea Awe
Info Year: 1978
Production
Year: 1924
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 99,000 Yards Processed. 213 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 21 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 329 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 375 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 2202 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 132,000 Yards Processed. 1889 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 146,000 Yards Processed. 2175 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 366 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1932
Description: 33 Yards Processed. 19 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
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 (Deposit): SPORADIC PLACER GOLD MINING FROM ABOUT 1911 UNTIL AFTER WORLD WAR II. MOST OF VALLEY FILLED WITH GLACIAL DEPOSITS MAGNETITE IN CONCENTRATE (HOARE AND COBB). THROUGH WHICH STREAM HAS CUT INTO CRETACEOUS CLASTIC ROCKS.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 091-008
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 091-009
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 091-030
Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 70
Reference (Deposit): B622p pp. 347-351
Reference (Deposit): B792a p. 20
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 380901 p. 6
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 390701 p. 5
Reference (Deposit): MR194-10 pp. 35-36
Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): I285
Reference (Deposit): MF455
Reference (Deposit): OF77-156
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