The Little Moose Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 63.7739, -150.40970
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Little Moose Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Moose Creek
Secondary: Discovery and 1-6 Above
Secondary: 1 Below
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1956
Description: 214 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 283 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 28 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 172 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1932
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 3,000 Yards Processed. 43 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 994 Yards Processed. 13 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 134 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 182 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 38 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 234 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 14 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 46 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 83 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 26 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 208 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 800 Yards Processed. 33 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 15 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 1,866 Yards Processed. 91 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 4,000 Yards Processed. 126 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 3,433 Yards Processed. 150 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 5,454 Yards Processed. 420 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 170 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 409 Yards Processed. 226 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 1,204 Yards Processed. 107 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
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 (Workings): USGS CRIB D002719 Work done by hand and booming techniques from 1906 to 1942.
References
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 40
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B836e p. 335
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 39
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 43
Reference (Deposit): B936N p. 335
Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 39
Reference (Deposit): MF366
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 85
Reference (Deposit): BMOF214-84 pp. 35-36,40,42,52
Reference (Deposit): BMOF1-86 pp. 5,9,23,48-49
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-001
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-006
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 23
Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 35
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-028
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-068
Reference (Deposit): B662k pp. 310-311
Reference (Deposit): B687 p. 93
Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 52
Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 37
Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 41
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