Spruce Creek

The Spruce Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 801 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: Spruce Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: John J. O'Carroll
Company ID: 5000397
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1985

Production

Year: 1917
Description: 3,333 Yards Processed. 106 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 6,703 Yards Processed. 1550 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 16,000 Yards Processed. 366 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 80 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 154,000 Yards Processed. 298 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 25,000 Yards Processed. 312 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 15,626 Yards Processed. 601 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1964
Description: 25,000 Yards Processed. 1225 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 25,000 Yards Processed. 631 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1962
Description: 25,000 Yards Processed. 1119 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 72,000 Yards Processed. 915 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 90,000 Yards Processed. 871 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 375 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1935
Description: 125 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 1,222 Yards Processed. 58 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 104 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 100 Yards Processed. 101 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 5,534 Yards Processed. 195 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 3,514 Yards Processed. 242 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 148 Yards Processed. 5 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 900 Yards Processed. 65 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 600 Yards Processed. 136 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 371 Yards Processed. 212 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 1558 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 159 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 14 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1933
Description: 1,133 Yards Processed. 73 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 200 Yards Processed. 16 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 124 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 120 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1969
Description: 73 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1966
Description: 12,005 Yards Processed. 398 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 29 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 3,555 Yards Processed. 291 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 401 Yards Processed. 91 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 22 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1965
Description: 68 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1964
Description: 143 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1963
Description: 77 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 132 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1961
Description: 93 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1961
Description: 814 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 46 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 89 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 451 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 44 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1969
Description: 18,210 Yards Processed. 607 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1966
Description: 47 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 40 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 117 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 110 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 1709 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 4,296 Yards Processed. 1416 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 999 Yards Processed. 126 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
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): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1971: 23,756 OZ AU, 3447 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES).

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-016

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-026

Reference (Deposit): B379o pp. 239, 264

Reference (Deposit): B410 pp. 22, 72-73

Reference (Deposit): B480m pp. 249-250

Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 40

Reference (Deposit): B542m pp. 296-297, 299

Reference (Deposit): B578 pp. 35-36, 39

Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 70

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 62

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 65

Reference (Deposit): B642l pp. 249-250, 265

Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 25

Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 54

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 58

Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 55

Reference (Deposit): B754 p. 105

Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 20

Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 26

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 31

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 35

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 33

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B864C pp. 179-181

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 50

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 46

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 41

Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 28

Reference (Deposit): MF367

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 61

Reference (Deposit): AOF134 pp. 7, 30

Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1985 No. 348

Reference (Deposit): SR39 p. 26

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