Anvil Creek

The Anvil Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 650 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: Anvil Creek
Secondary: Anvil Cr. 1-2 Below
Secondary: No. 5 Sunshine Cr. Claim
Secondary: Bonanza
Secondary: Blue Bell
Secondary: Anvil Cr. Disc. 1-3
Secondary: Anvil Cr. 1-4 Above
Secondary: Anvil Cr. East No. 1
Secondary: Adl 68644-68648
Secondary: Anvil Cr. Disc.
Secondary: No. 5 Sunshine Bench
Secondary: Garnet and Skookum Bench
Secondary: Lucky Kid
Secondary: Dike
Secondary: Wild Goose
Secondary: Anvil

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury

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: Stoneburg, Neil
Company ID: 5000626
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Jim Norcross
Company ID: 5000626
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Norcross-Stoneburg Mining Co.
Company ID: 5000626
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979

Production

Year: 1950
Description: 27 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 327 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 198 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 402 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 977 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 1028 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 2,000 Yards Processed. 580 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 42 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 30,000 Yards Processed. 204 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 47 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 208 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1924
Description: 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 5,000 Yards Processed. 967 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 2,000 Yards Processed. 533 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1919
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 1951: 3,394 OZ. OF GOLD AND 124 OZ. OF SILVER (USBM AFOC FILES). IN 1934 DRIFT MINING WAS DONE ON ANVIL CREEK (B868). NORCROSS-STONEBURG MNG COMPANY IS PRESENT OWNER OF CLAIMS ON ANVIL CR. IN 1975 USED DREDGE (TYPE UNKNOWN) AND 2 DOZERS CARNES,1975). CINNABAR OCCURS IN THE CONC. RECOVERED WITH THE GOLD (B864).

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-021B

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-035

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-053

Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 43

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 35

Reference (Deposit): B864C pp. 190-191

Reference (Deposit): MF367

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 82

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 50

Reference (Deposit): IC8252 p. 54

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 61

Reference (Deposit): OF76-576 p. 58

Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1985 No. 272

Reference (Deposit): SR39 p. 26

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