Cripple Creek

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

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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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