The Coarse Gold Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 200 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 200 Feet (61 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.5972, -164.76390
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Coarse Gold Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coarse Gold Creek
Secondary: Kougarok River
Secondary: Martinson Bros. Claims
Secondary: Bryce
Secondary: Ryan
Secondary: Christia
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Elmer Martinson
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976
Production
Year: 1951
Description: 196 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 18 Troy Ounces Silver
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
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 (Geology): HARD DIORITE FORMS THE BEDROCK OF UPPER PART OF CREEK WITH THE LOWER PART IS IN SCHIST WITH AURIFEROUS ALLUVIUM (B328). NO PRODUCTION RECORDS OBTAINED. DEPOSIT IN LEAST METAMORPHOSED YORK SLATE IS VERY THICK SEQUENCE OF CARBONACEOUS QTZ SILTITE WITH BEDS OF GRAYWACKE AND THIN DARK LIMESTONES (C. L. SAINSBURY, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BENDELEBEN).
References
Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 42
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 47
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 48
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 63
Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 66
Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 58
Reference (Deposit): TDM5R p. 34
Reference (Deposit): OF377 pp. 27-28
Reference (Deposit): MF417
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 44
Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 76-77
Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 pp. 11-12
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-068
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-210
Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 19
Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 35
Reference (Deposit): P2 pp. 61-62
Reference (Deposit): B328 p. 323
Reference (Deposit): B379p p. 296
Reference (Deposit): B442s p. 364
Reference (Deposit): B592u p. 394
Reference (Deposit): B622r p. 372
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 28
Reference (Deposit): B712h p. 189
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