The Hess Creek Bars is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 794 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: 794 Feet (242 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.7075, -148.35420
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Hess Creek Bars MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hess Creek Bars
Secondary: Mike Hess Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
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 (Location): USGS CRIB A001805 REF. POINT IS AT CONFLUENCE OF HESS CR. AND NORTH FORK HESS CREEK AND SOUTH FORK HESS CREEK. REFERENCES REFER VAGUELY TO PROSPECTS ON "BARS 40 MILES BELOW THE FORKS" (B642); AU FOUND IN 1919 IN MIKE HESS BASIN (B714); AND OF A MAN DYING DUE TO A GAS EXPLOSION IN ONE OF THE DEEP PLACER MINES ON MIKE HESS CREEK (BMB 153).
References
Reference (Deposit): B642j pp. 201, 208
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 52
Reference (Deposit): B662d p. 82
Reference (Deposit): MF413
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 92
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